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
alternative forms	熒火／荧火 firefly
anagram	火螢／火萤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yínghuǒ

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínghuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínghuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: ying²-huo³
  - Yale: yíng-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynghuoo
  - Palladius: инхо (inxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    營火／营火
    螢火／萤火
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínghuǒr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínghuǒr
  - Wade–Giles: ying²-huo³-ʼrh
  - Yale: yíng-hwǒr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynghuool
  - Palladius: инхор (inxor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jing⁴ fo²
  - Yale: yìhng fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    營火／营火
    螢火／萤火
Southern Min
- (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/

Noun

螢火

firefly
- 巫山秋夜螢火飛，疎簾巧入坐人衣。 [MSC, trad.]
  巫山秋夜萤火飞，疎帘巧入坐人衣。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 9th century, Du Fu, 見螢火
  Wūshān qiū yè yínghuǒ fēi, shūlián qiǎo rù zuò rén yī. [Pinyin]
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light of firefly
(figurative) dim light

Derived terms

螢火蟲／萤火虫 (yínghuǒchóng)
雪窗螢火／雪窗萤火

Japanese

Kanji in this term
螢	火
ほたる Hyōgai	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
螢	火
けい Hyōgai	か Grade: 1
kan'on	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 螢火 – see the following entry.

【蛍火ほたるび】	[noun] the light of a firefly [noun] small embers
【蛍火けいか】	[noun] the light of a firefly

(This term, 螢火, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
螢	火

Noun

螢火 • (hyeonghwa) (hangeul 형화)

hanja form^? of 형화 (“the light of a firefly”)