火柴

火柴

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	firewood
trad. (火柴)		火	柴
simp. #(火柴)		火	柴
anagram		柴火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒchái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² caai⁴, fo² caai^4-2
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fo³ cai²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hé-chhâ / hér-chhâ / hóe-chhâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê² ca⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒchái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒchái
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-chʻai²
    • Yale: hwǒ-chái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoochair
    • Palladius: хочай (xočaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² caai⁴, fo² caai^4-2
    • Yale: fó chàaih, fó cháai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² tsaai⁴, fo² tsaai^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² cai⁴, fo² cai^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/, /fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Note: fo2 caai4-2 - dated.

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fo³ cai²
    • Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ t͡sʰaɪ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-chhâ
    • Tâi-lô: hé-tshâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefzhaa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰa²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-chhâ
    • Tâi-lô: hér-tshâ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰa²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-chhâ
    • Tâi-lô: hué-tshâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefzhaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰa²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰa¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê² ca⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué tshâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰa⁵⁵/

Noun

火柴

1. match (for lighting candles, cigars, etc.) (Classifier: 根 m; 枝 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 火柴 (“match”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		火柴
Mandarin	Beijing	火柴, 洋火, 取燈兒, 洋取燈兒
	Taiwan	火柴
	Tianjin	洋火兒 dated
	Harbin	火柴, 洋火兒, 煙火兒, 起燈兒 dated, 吱拉火兒 dated
	Shenyang	洋火
	Yantai (Muping)	洋火兒
	Jinan	火柴, 洋火
	Luoyang	洋火兒
	Wanrong	洋火, 取燈子 dated
	Zhengzhou	火柴, 洋火兒 dated
	Xi'an	洋火, 火柴
	Yinchuan	火柴, 洋火, 火取子 dated
	Lanzhou	洋火
	Xining	火柴, 洋火
	Ürümqi	洋火兒, 火柴
	Wuhan	洋火, 火柴
	Chengdu	火柴, 洋火, 火草
	Guiyang	火柴, 洋火
	Kunming	洋火
	Guilin	火柴
	Liuzhou	火柴, 洋火 dated
	Xuzhou	火柴, 洋火
	Yangzhou	洋火, 火柴
	Nanjing	洋火, 火柴
	Hefei	火柴, 洋火
	Chuzhou	洋火 dated
	Nantong	洋火
	Changle (Qinjiang)	自來火
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	洋火
	Kokang	洋火
	Dagudi (Maliba)	洋火絲
	Reshuitang (Longling)	洋火絲
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	火柴
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	洋火
Cantonese	Guangzhou	火柴
	Hong Kong	火柴
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	火柴
	Foshan	火柴
	Foshan (Shunde)	火柴
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	火柴
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	火柴
	Taishan	火柴
	Kaiping (Chikan)	火柴
	Dongguan	火柴
	Shaoguan	火柴
	Yunfu	火柴
	Yangjiang	火柴
	Xinyi	火柴
	Lianjiang	火柴
	Nanning	火柴
	Baise	火柴
	Qinzhou	火柴
	Beihai	火柴
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	火柴
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	火柴
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	火柴
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	火柴
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	火柴
	Móng Cái	火柴
Gan	Nanchang	火柴, 洋火
	Lichuan	洋火
Hakka	Meixian	火柴, 自來火 dated
	Xingning	火柴
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	自來火
	Huidong (Daling)	火柴
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	洋火
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	火柴
	Changting	自來火
	Wuping	自來火
	Wuping (Pingyu)	自來火
	Liancheng	洋火
	Ninghua	火藥
	Yudu	自來火, 洋火
	Ruijin	自來火
	Shicheng	火藥
	Shangyou (Shexi)	自落火
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捽來火, 番仔火, 捽仔火, 自來火
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捽來火, 番仔火
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	番火, 番仔火, 自來火
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	番火
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	番火, 番仔火
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	番子火
	Hong Kong	火柴
	Sabah (Longchuan)	火柴
	Senai (Huiyang)	火柴
	Singkawang	火捽
Huizhou	Jixi	火柴, 洋火 dated
	Shexian	火柴, 洋火 dated
	Tunxi	火柴, 洋火 dated
Jin	Taiyuan	洋取燈, 洋取燈兒, 洋火
	Xinzhou	洋取燈子, 取燈子, 洋火柴, 火柴
Min Bei	Jian'ou	番仔火
Min Dong	Fuzhou	自來火
	Fuqing	番囝火, 洋火
	Matsu	番囝火
Min Nan	Xiamen	番仔火, 火擦, 火拭, 火揭
	Quanzhou	番仔火, 火擦, 火揭
	Zhangzhou	番仔火, 火揭
	Pinghe	番仔火
	Zhao'an	番仔火
	Taipei	番仔火
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	番仔火
	Kaohsiung	番仔火
	Yilan	番仔火
	Changhua (Lukang)	番仔火
	Taichung	番仔火
	Tainan	番仔火
	Hsinchu	番仔火
	Kinmen	番仔火, 火劃仔, 火擦仔
	Penghu (Magong)	番仔火
	Penang (Hokkien)	火拭
	Manila (Hokkien)	火擦
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	火柴
	Guilin (Biyange)	自來火
	Chaozhou	火柴, 自來火
	Shantou	火柴
	Jieyang	火柴
	Haifeng	火柴
	Fengshun (Liuhuang)	自來火
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	火柴
	Pontianak (Teochew)	火柴
	Leizhou	火擦 in villages, 番鬼火 dated
	Haikou	火刮, 火擦
Puxian Min	Xianyou	火拭
Min Zhong	Yanping (Wangtai)	自打火, 洋火
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	火柴, 洋火 dated
	Nanning (Xinxu)	火柴
Northern Pinghua	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	自來火
Wu	Shanghai	自來火, 洋火 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	自來火
	Suzhou	自來火, 洋火
	Danyang	洋火
	Hangzhou	洋火
	Ningbo	自來火, 洋火
	Wenzhou	自來火, 自來燭, 峙燎火
	Jinhua	洋火, 火柴
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	火藥
Xiang	Changsha	火柴, 洋火
	Loudi	火柴, 洋火, 硝藥
	Shuangfeng	火柴, 洋火
	Quanzhou	火柴

Derived terms

安全火柴 (ānquánhuǒchái) 火柴盒 (huǒcháihé)

紅頭火柴／红头火柴 (hóngtóu huǒchái)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	柴
か Grade: 1	しば Jinmeiyō
jūbakoyomi

Noun

火(か)柴(しば) • (kashiba) 

1. match (device to make fire)

Synonyms

• 燐寸(マッチ) (matchi)