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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
anagram		火螢／火萤

Noun

螢火

light of firefly
(figuratively) dim light

Derived terms

螢火蟲／萤火虫 (yínghuǒchóng)

雪窗螢火／雪窗萤火

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yínghuǒ

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: yínghuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynghuoo
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    營火／营火
    螢火／萤火
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: yínghuǒr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynghuool
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ xwɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing⁴ fo²
  - Yale: yìhng fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ fo²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵/
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/