螢火

螢火

See also: 萤火

Chinese

		firefly	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (螢火)		螢	火
simp. (萤火)		萤	火
alternative forms		熒火／荧火 firefly
anagram		火螢／火萤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ fo²
• Min Nan (POJ): iâⁿ-hér / iâⁿ-hé / iâⁿ-hóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínghuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-huo³
    • Yale: yíng-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynghuoo
    • Palladius: инхо (inxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 營火／营火 螢火／萤火

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínghuǒr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínghuǒr
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-huorh³
    • Yale: yíng-hwǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynghuool
    • Palladius: инхор (inxor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ xwɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ fo²
    • Yale: yìhng fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 營火／营火 螢火／萤火

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâⁿ-hér
    • Tâi-lô: iânn-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iã²⁴⁻²² hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâⁿ-hé
    • Tâi-lô: iânn-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: via'hea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iã²⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâⁿ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: iânn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: via'hoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iã¹³⁻²² hue⁵³/

Noun

螢火

1. firefly
2. light of firefly
3. (figuratively) dim light

Derived terms

螢火蟲／萤火虫 (yínghuǒchóng)

雪窗螢火／雪窗萤火

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
螢	火
ほたる Hyōgaiji	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
螢	火
けい Hyōgaiji	か Grade: 1
kan’on	on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 螢火 – see the following entry.

【蛍火ほたるび】 [noun] the light of a firefly [noun] small embers 【蛍火けいか】 [noun] the light of a firefly

(This term, 螢火, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
螢	火

Noun

螢火 • (hyeonghwa) (hangeul 형화)

1. Hanja form^? of 형화 (“the light of a firefly”).