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玩火

玩火

Chinese

		curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
simp. and trad. (玩火)		玩	火

Verb

玩火

to play with fire

Derived terms

玩火自焚 (wánhuǒzìfén)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wánhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan^4-2 fo²
Min Nan (POJ): oán-hóe / oán-hé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wánhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanhuoo
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: wánrhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊㄦㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: walhuoo
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑɻ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan^4-2 fo²
  - Yale: wáan fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan^4-2 fo²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑːn²¹⁻³⁵ fɔː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-hóe / oán-hé
  - Tâi-lô: uán-hué / uán-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnhoea, oafnhea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue⁵⁵⁴/, /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ he⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/, /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴¹/, /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ he⁴¹/