火災

火災

See also: 火灾

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	disaster; calamity
trad. (火災)		火	災
simp. (火灾)		火	灾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒzāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² zoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fó-châi
• Min Nan (POJ): hér-chai / hé-chai / hóe-chai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huǒzāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuotzai
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² zoi¹
    • Yale: fó jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² zoi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ t͡sɔːy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-châi
    • Hakka Romanization System: fo` zai´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo³ zai¹
    • IPA: /fo³¹ t͡sai̯²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-chai
    • Tâi-lô: hér-tsai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡saɪ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-chai
    • Tâi-lô: hé-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefzay
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-chai
    • Tâi-lô: hué-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefzay
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/

Noun

火災

1. fire (as a disaster); conflagration

   撲滅火災 / 扑灭火灾  ―  pūmiè huǒzāi  ―  to extinguish a fire

Synonyms

• 大火 (dàhuǒ)
• (Cantonese) 火燭／火烛
• (Min Nan) 火燒／火烧

Derived terms

森林火災／森林火灾 (sēnlín huǒzāi)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	災
か Grade: 1	さい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/kwasai/ → /kasai/

From Middle Chinese compound 火災 (xwa^X tsoj). Compare modern Mandarin reading huǒzāi.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) かさい [kàsáí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠sa̠i]

Noun

火災 (hiragana かさい, rōmaji kasai, historical hiragana くわさい)

1. fire, conflagration (as in a disaster)
2. (Buddhism) one of the three major calamities that destroy the world

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 火災救助袋 (かさいきゅうじょぶくろ) (kasai kyūjo-bukuro): a cloth escape chute installed in tall buildings in Japan to facilitate escape from a fire
• 火災警報 (かさいけいほう) (kasai keihō): a fire alarm (a sound, not a device)
• 火災避難訓練 (かさいひなんくんれん) (kasai hinan kunren): a fire drill
• 火災避難路 (かさいひなんろ) (kasai hinanro): a fire escape, a fire escape route
• 火災保険 (かさいほけん) (kasai hoken): fire insurance
• 火災報知機 (かさいほうちき) (kasai hōchiki): a fire alarm (a device, not a sound)
• 火災予防条例 (かさいよぼうじょうれい) (kasai yobō jōrei): a fire prevention law or ordinance, a fire code

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN