水火

Chinese

		water; river	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (水火)		水	火
simp. #(水火)		水	火
anagram		火水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² fo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-hé / chúi-hér / chúi-hóe / chúi-hóⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐhuǒ [Phonetic: shuíhuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěihuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-huo³
    • Yale: shwěi-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeihuoo
    • Palladius: шуйхо (šujxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² fo²
    • Yale: séui fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hé
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hér
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hóⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-hónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hvor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sywijX xwaX

Rime
Character	水	火
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	式軌切	呼果切
Baxter	sywijX	xwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕˠiuɪX/	/huɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕʷᵚiX/	/huɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiuɪX/	/xuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕjwiX/	/hwaX/
Li Rong	/ɕjuiX/	/xuɑX/
Wang Li	/ɕwiX/	/xuɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕwiX/	/xuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuǐ	huǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi2	fo2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.turʔ  [qʷʰ]ˤəjʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷljilʔ  qʰʷaːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	水	火
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shuǐ	huǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ sywijX ›	‹ xwaX ›
Old Chinese	/*s.turʔ/ (E dialect: *-r > *-j)	/*[qʷʰ]ˁəjʔ/
English	water; river	fire
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	水	火
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11948	5540
Phonetic component	水	火
Rime group	脂	歌
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	水	火
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷljilʔ/	/*qʰʷaːlʔ/

Noun

水火

1. (literally) fire and water
2. (figurative) opposites; diametrically opposing things
3. (figurative) extreme misery; state of severe suffering

Derived terms

• 不通水火
• 勢同水火／势同水火
• 勢成水火／势成水火
• 如蹈水火
• 放水火
• 救民水火
• 有如水火
• 水火不容 (shuǐhuǒbùróng)
• 水火不辭／水火不辞
• 水火不避
• 水火夫
• 水火棍
• 水火無交／水火无交
• 水火無情／水火无情
• 水火爐／水火炉
• 水火籃兒／水火篮儿
• 眾怒如水火／众怒如水火
• 自相水火

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水火):

• → Japanese: 水(す​い)火(か) (su​ika)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	火
すい Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) す​いか [súꜜìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝika̠]

Noun

水(すい)火(か) • (suika) ^{←すいくわ (suikwa)?}

1. water and fire

   Synonym: 火水 (kasui; himizu)