聖火

聖火

See also: 圣火

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (聖火)		聖	火
simp. (圣火)		圣	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shènghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ fo²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-fó
• Min Nan (POJ): sèng-hóe / sèng-hé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shènghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqhuuo
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ fo²
    • Yale: sing fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ fo²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ fɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-fó
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin fo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ fo³
    • IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ fo³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-hóe / sèng-hé
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-hué / sìng-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seanghoea, seanghea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/, /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hue⁵⁵⁴/, /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ he⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/, /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/, /ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴¹/, /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ he⁴¹/

Noun

聖火

1. holy fire
2. Short for 奧運聖火／奥运圣火 (àoyùn shènghuǒ).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	火
せい Grade: 6	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

/seːkwa/ → /seːka/

From Middle Chinese compound 聖火 (MC ɕiᴇŋ^H huɑ^X, literally “holy or sacred fire”). Compare modern Mandarin sacred fire; Olympic flame.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せ​ーか [séꜜèkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːka̠]

Noun

聖火 (hiragana せいか, rōmaji seika, historical hiragana せいくわ)

1. a sacred fire or flame
2. the Olympic torch

Antonyms

• 業 (ごう)火 (か) (gōka): hellfire

Coordinate terms

• 聖水 (せいすい) (seisui): holy water
• 聖 (せい)酒 (しゅ) (seishu): sacramental wine
• 聖香 (きよか) (kiyoka): sacramental incense
• 聖 (せい)地 (ち) (seichi): hallowed ground, holy place; the Holy Land
• 聖 (せい)地 (ち)面 (めん) (seichimen): hallowed ground

Derived terms

• 聖 (せい)火 (か)リレー (seika rirē): Olympic torch relay

Further reading

• 聖火 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Sacred fire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eternal flame on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN