小火

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (小火)		小	火
simp. #(小火)		小	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎohuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎohuǒ [Phonetic: xiáohuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎohuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-huo³
    • Yale: syǎu-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauhuoo
    • Palladius: сяохо (sjaoxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎohuǒr [Phonetic: xiáohuǒr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎohuǒr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-huo³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-hwǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauhuool
    • Palladius: сяохор (sjaoxor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

小火

1. (cooking) slow fire; low heat

Synonyms

• 文火 (wénhuǒ)

Antonyms

• 大火 (dàhuǒ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	火
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
irregular

The kanji are jukujikun.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from "ぼやぼや", onomatopoeia relating to cooking miso or just the sound of "small fire"?”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼ​や [bóꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ja̠]

Noun

小火(ぼや) • (boya) 

1. small fire

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	火
しょう Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

/seukwa/ → /ɕeuka/ → /ɕoːka/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Sinitic or Middle Chinese?”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​ーか [shóꜜòkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːka̠]

Noun

小(しょう)火(か) • (shōka) ^{←せうくわ (seukwa)?}

1. small fire

Usage notes

• boya, although an unapproved reading of 小火, is used much more commonly than shōka