消防

消防

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
simp. and trad. (消防)		消	防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāofáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ fong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-fòng
• Min Nan (POJ): siau-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāofáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaufarng
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ fong⁴
    • Yale: sīu fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ fong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu´ fongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ fong²
    • IPA: /seu̯²⁴ foŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-hông
    • Tâi-lô: siau-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/

Verb

消防

1. to prevent fire; to firefight

Noun

消防

1. fire prevention; firefighting

   消防演習 / 消防演习  ―  xiāofáng yǎnxí  ―  fire drill

Derived terms

消防員／消防员 (xiāofángyuán) 消防局 (xiāofángjú) 消防栓 (xiāofángshuān) 消防梯 (xiāofángtī) 消防站 (xiāofángzhàn) 消防署 (xiāofángshǔ) 消防設備／消防设备

消防車／消防车 (xiāofángchē) 消防隊／消防队 (xiāofángduì) 消防隊員／消防队员 (xiāofáng duìyuán) 消防龍頭／消防龙头 (xiāofáng lóngtóu) 火災消防／火灾消防 義勇消防隊／义勇消防队

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
消	防
しょう Grade: 3	ぼう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

消防 (hiragana しょうぼう, rōmaji shōbō)

1. fire fighting, firefighting
2. Short for 消防署. fire station, fire department, firehouse

Derived terms

• 消防隊 (しょうぼうたい) (shōbōtai, “fire company”)
• 消 (しょう)防 (ぼう)士 (し) (shōbōshi, “fire fighter”)
• 消 (しょう)防 (ぼう)車 (しゃ) (shōbōsha, “fire engine”)

See also

• 消 (け)す (kesu, “extinguish”)

References

• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN