火花

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (火花)		火	花
simp. #(火花)		火	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² faa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fó-fâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hóe-hoe / hér-hoe / hé-hoe / hóe-hoa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê² huê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒhua
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-hua¹
    • Yale: hwǒ-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoohua
    • Palladius: хохуа (xoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒhuār
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒhuar
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-hua¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwǒ-hwār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoohual
    • Palladius: хохуар (xoxuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² faa¹
    • Yale: fó fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: fo` fa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo³ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: hué-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefhoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: hér-hue
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: hé-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefhoef
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-hoa
    • Tâi-lô: hué-hua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefhoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê² huê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué hue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ hue³³/

Noun

火花

1. spark

   火花迸濺／火花迸溅  ―  huǒhuā bèngjiàn  ―  Sparks were flying in all directions.

2. picture on a matchbox; match-box design
3. (figurative) chemistry (of the romantic kind, between two people)
4. (figurative) vital force; life force

Synonyms

• (spark): (literary, or in compounds) 焱 (yàn)

Derived terms

• 火花塞 (huǒhuāsāi)
• 火花放電／火花放电

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	花
ひ Grade: 1	はな > ばな Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

火 (hi, “fire”) +‎ 花 (hana, “flower”)

Noun

火(ひ)花(ばな) • (hibana) 

1. spark

Anagrams

• 花火 (hanabi, “fireworks”)