自來火

自來火

Chinese

		all along; in the first place; spontaneous all along; in the first place; spontaneous; self-generated	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (自來火)		自來	火
simp. (自来火)		自来	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìláihuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ loi⁴ fo²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-lòi-fó

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ci⁴ loi² fo³

• Min Dong (BUC): cê̤ṳ-lài^→làu-huōi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chū-lâi-hóe / chū-lâi-hé

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁶ lai⁵ huê²

• Wu (Wiktionary): zr le hu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìláihuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhláihuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-lai²-huo³
    • Yale: dz̀-lái-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhlaihuoo
    • Palladius: цзылайхо (czylajxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìláihuǒr
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhláihuǒr
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-lai²-huorh³
    • Yale: dz̀-lái-hwǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhlaihuool
    • Palladius: цзылайхор (czylajxor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ xwɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ loi⁴ fo²
    • Yale: jih lòih fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ loi⁴ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ loi⁴ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² lɔːi̯²¹ fɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-lòi-fó
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii loiˇ fo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ loi² fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹ fo³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ci⁴ loi² fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹ fo³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cê̤ṳ-lài^→làu-huōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy²⁴²⁻⁵³ l̃au⁵³⁻³³ ^(h-)ui³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-lâi-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-lâi-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxlai'hoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-lâi-hé
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-lâi-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxlai'hea
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ he⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze⁶ lai⁵ huê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̆ lâi hué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hue⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zr le hu (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥z̩²² le̞⁵⁵ hv̩ʷ²¹/

Noun

自來火

1. (regional or dated) match (fire-making device)
   • 1941, Albert Bourgeois, Grammaire du dialecte de Changhai (in French), Impremerie de T‘ou-sè-wè, page 98:

     王先生出去之末，伊个夫人吃之一包紅頭自來火自盡。

     Waong sié-sang / ts‘éh-k‘i-tse méh, / i-ko fou-gnen / k‘ieh-tse ih-pao hong-deû ze-lai-h‘ou / ze-zin.

     Lorsque Monsieur Waong fut sorti, sa femme, ayant absorbé un paquet d’allumettes à tête rouge, s’est suicidée.

     王先生出去之末，伊個夫人吃之一包紅頭自來火自盡。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     王先生出去之末，伊个夫人吃之一包红头自来火自尽。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     After Mr. Wang left, his wife committed suicide by eating a pack of red-tip matches.

2. (regional) lighter (fire-making device)
3. (regional) gas lamp; gaslight
4. (regional) coal gas

Synonyms

• (match):

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

• (lighter):

Dialectal synonyms of 打火機 (“lighter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打火機
Mandarin	Beijing	打火機, 自來火兒, 自來火
	Taiwan	打火機
	Tianjin	打火兒機, 自來火兒
	Langfang	打火機
	Tangshan	打火機, 自來火兒
	Cangzhou	打火機, 自來火兒
	Baoding	打火機, 自來火兒
	Shijiazhuang	打火機, 自來火
	Daming	打火機
	Chifeng	打火機
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	打火機
	Harbin	打火機
	Shenyang	打火機
	Qingdao	打火機, 自來火兒
	Jinan	打火機, 自來火 dated
	Wanrong	打火機
	Zhengzhou	打火機
	Xi'an	打火機
	Yinchuan	打火機
	Lanzhou	打火機, 自來火
	Xining	打火機
	Ürümqi	打火機
	Wuhan	打火機
	Chengdu	打火機
	Chongqing	打火機
	Guiyang	打火機
	Kunming	打火機
	Guilin	打火機
	Liuzhou	打火機
	Nanning (Wuming)	火機, 打火機
	Xuzhou	打火機, 自來火
	Yangzhou	打火機
	Nanjing	打火機
	Hefei	打火機
	Nantong	打火機
	Singapore	打火機
	Dagudi (Maliba)	火機
	Reshuitang (Longling)	火機
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	火機
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	火機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打火機, 火機
	Hong Kong	打火機, 火機
	Taishan	火柴雞
	Nanning	火雞
	Wuzhou	火雞
	Yulin	火雞
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	火雞
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賴打, 打火機
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	賴打, 打火機
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	賴打, 打火機
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打火機, 賴打
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打火機, 賴打
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打火機, 賴打
Huizhou	Shexian	打火機
Jin	Taiyuan	打火機
	Xinzhou	打火機
	Linhe	打火機
	Jining	打火機
	Hohhot	打火機
	Zhangjiakou	打火機, 自來火
	Handan	打火機
Min Dong	Fuqing	火鍥
Min Nan	Xiamen	拍火機
	Zhangzhou	火揭, 火揳仔
	Taipei	火石仔
	Kaohsiung	賴打
	Yilan	賴打, 火切仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	賴打
	Taichung	賴打
	Taichung (Wuqi)	賴打
	Tainan	揭石仔
	Taitung	火石仔
	Hsinchu	火石仔
	Penghu (Magong)	賴打
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍火機, 火機
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍火機
	Jieyang	拍火機
	Leizhou	火機
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	火機, 拍火雞

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