死灰復燃

死灰復燃

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	gray; ash	again; recover; reply to a letter again; recover; reply to a letter; to repeat; to duplicate	burn; combustion
trad. (死灰復燃)		死	灰	復	燃
simp. (死灰复燃)		死	灰	复	燃
Literally: “dead embers relight”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐhuīfùrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² fui¹ fuk⁶ jin⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): sí-hoe-ho̍k-jiân / sí-he-ho̍k-jiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǐhuīfùrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhueifuhran
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² fui¹ fuk⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: séi fūi fuhk yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² fui¹ fuk⁹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² fui¹ fug⁶ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ fuːy̯⁵⁵ fʊk̚² jiːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-hoe-ho̍k-jiân / sí-he-ho̍k-jiân
    • Tâi-lô: sí-hue-ho̍k-jiân / sí-he-ho̍k-jiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy'hoe'hogjieen, sy'he'hogjieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/, /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue³³ hɔk̚²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/, /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ he³³ hɔk̚²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/, /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡ʑiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/, /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² d͡ʑiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² ʑiɛn²³/, /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ he⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² ʑiɛn²³/

Idiom

死灰復燃

1. renascent; to resurge