防火

防火

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
simp. and trad. (防火)		防	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fánghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ fo²
• Min Nan (POJ): hông-hér / hông-hé / hông-hóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fánghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farnghuuo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fánghuǒ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong⁴ fo²
    • Yale: fòhng fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hér
    • Tâi-lô: hông-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hé
    • Tâi-lô: hông-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: honghea
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hông-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: honghoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² hue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ hue⁴¹/

Verb

防火

1. to prevent fire; to fireproof

Derived terms

防火牆／防火墙 (fánghuǒqiáng)

防火長城／防火长城 (Fánghuǒ Chángchéng)

Noun

防火

1. fire prevention; fireproofing

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (防火):

• → Japanese: 防火 (ぼうか) (bōka)
• → Korean: 방화 (防火, banghwa)
• → Vietnamese: phòng hoả (防火)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
防	火
ぼう Grade: 5	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

防火 (hiragana ぼうか, rōmaji bōka)

1. (firefighting) fire prevention, fireproof, fire fighting