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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

Noun

防火

fire prevention; fireproofing

Verb

防火

to prevent fire; to fireproof

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (防火):

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

Japanese

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

Noun

防火 ‎(hiragana ぼうか, romaji bōka)

(firefighting) fire prevention, fireproof, fire fighting

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fánghuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ fo²
Min Nan (POJ): hông-hóe / hông-hé

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fánghuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangrhuoo
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong⁴ fo²
  - Yale: fòhng fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ fo²
  - IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hông-hóe / hông-hé
  - Tâi-lô: hông-hué / hông-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: honghoea, honghea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/, /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² hue⁵⁵⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴⁻²² he⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² hue⁵³/, /hɔŋ¹³⁻²² he⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁵³/, /hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ hue⁴¹/, /hɔŋ²³⁻³³ he⁴¹/