篝火

篝火

Chinese

		bamboo frame for drying clothes	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
simp. and trad. (篝火)		篝	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōuhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gōuhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gouhuuo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gouhuǒ
    • IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau¹ fo²
    • Yale: gāu fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo¹ fo²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/

Noun

篝火

1. bonfire; campfire (Classifier: 把)
2. (literary) fire covered with a bamboo cage

Derived terms

篝火晚會／篝火晚会

篝火狐鳴／篝火狐鸣

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
篝	火
かがり Hyōgaiji	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 篝 (kagari, “iron basket for a fire”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かがり​び [kàgáríꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡa̠ɾʲibʲi]

Noun

篝火 (hiragana かがりび, rōmaji kagaribi)

1. watchfire, fishing fire, bonfire
2. brothel-keeper in the Edo period
3. 27th chapter of The Tale of Genji

Derived terms

• 篝火草 (かがりびそう) (kagaribisō): cyclamen

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3