火箭

火箭

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	arrow
trad. (火箭)		火	箭
simp. #(火箭)		火	箭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² zin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fó-chien
• Min Nan (POJ): hér-chìⁿ / hé-chìⁿ / hóe-chìⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-chien⁴
    • Yale: hwǒ-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoojiann
    • Palladius: хоцзянь (xoczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² zin³
    • Yale: fó jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ t͡siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-chien
    • Hakka Romanization System: fo` jien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo³ jian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ t͡ɕi̯en⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-chìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hér-tsìnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕĩ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-chìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hé-tsìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefcvix
    • IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-chìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hué-tsìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefcvix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕĩ²¹/

Noun

火箭

1. rocket (non-guided missile or vehicle propelled by a rocket engine)

   火箭按用途分為探空火箭和運載火箭。 [MSC, trad.]
   火箭按用途分为探空火箭和运载火箭。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huǒjiàn àn yòngtú fēnwéi tànkōng huǒjiàn hé yùnzài huǒjiàn. [Pinyin]

   Rockets are divided into sounding rockets and launch vehicles according to their purposes.

2. (historical) fire arrow

   昭於是以火箭逆射其雲梯，梯然，梯上人皆燒死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   昭于是以火箭逆射其云梯，梯然，梯上人皆烧死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

   Zhāo yúshì yǐ huǒjiàn nì shè qí yúntī, tī rán, tī shàng rén jiē shāo sǐ. [Pinyin]

   So Zhao shot the scaling ladder back with fire arrows. The ladder was on fire, and everyone on the ladder burned to death.

Derived terms

探空火箭 (tànkōng huǒjiàn) 火箭炮 (huǒjiànpào) 火箭筒 (huǒjiàntǒng)

火箭彈／火箭弹 (huǒjiàndàn) 運載火箭／运载火箭 (yùnzài huǒjiàn)