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烽火

烽火

Chinese

		beacon fire	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
simp. and trad. (烽火)		烽	火

Noun

烽火

signal-fire used in ancient China to warn of an approaching enemy
(figuratively) war; conflict

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烽	火
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 1
Irregular

Alternative forms

狼煙

Noun

烽火 ‎(hiragana のろし, romaji noroshi)

smoke signal, skyrocket

Korean

Hanja in this term
烽	火

Noun

烽火 • ‎(bonghwa) ‎(hangeul 봉화)

Hanja form^? of 봉화, “signal fire”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fēnghuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ fo²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûng-fó
Min Nan (POJ): hong-hóe / hong-hé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fēnghuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenghuoo
  - IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ fo²
  - Yale: fūng fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ fo²
  - IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûng-fó
  - Hakka Romanization System: fung´ fo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fung¹ fo³
  - IPA: /fuŋ²⁴ fo³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-hóe / hong-hé
  - Tâi-lô: hong-hué / hong-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honghoea, honghea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ hue⁵⁵⁴/, /hɔŋ³³ he⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁵³/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/, /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁴¹/