鬼火

Chinese

		ghost	fire
trad. (鬼火)		鬼	火
simp. #(鬼火)		鬼	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² fo²
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'gui³ fo³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kúi-fó
• Jin (Wiktionary): gui² hue²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-hé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐhuǒ [Phonetic: guíhuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěihuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³-huo³
    • Yale: gwěi-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeihuoo
    • Palladius: гуйхо (gujxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐhuǒr [Phonetic: guíhuǒr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěihuǒr
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³-huo³-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwěi-hwǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeihuool
    • Palladius: гуйхор (gujxor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² fo²
    • Yale: gwái fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'gui³ fo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈkui²¹³⁻²⁴ fo²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kúi-fó
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui` fo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui³ fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i³¹ fo³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gui² hue²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuei⁵³⁻¹¹ xuɤ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-hé
    • Tâi-lô: kuí-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuy'hea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/

Noun

鬼火

1. will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus (Classifier: 團／团 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 磷火 (“will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鬼火
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		磷火, 鬼火
Mandarin	Beijing	鬼火兒
	Taiwan	磷火, 鬼火
	Luoyang	鬼燈籠兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鬼火
Gan	Nanchang	鬼火
	Lichuan	鬼打燈, 鬼火
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬼火
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬼火
Huizhou	Jixi	鬼火
Jin	Taiyuan	鬼火
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬼仔火, 鬼火
Wu	Danyang	鬼火
	Jinhua	鬼燈

Compounds

• 鬼火咁靚／鬼火咁靓

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬼	火
おに Grade: S	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun’yomi

鬼火 (onibi): a 1712 illustration of a will o' the wisp.

Etymology

Compound of 鬼 (oni, “ghost, devil”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おに​び [òníꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) おにび [òníbí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɲ̟ibʲi]

Noun

鬼(おに)火(び) • (onibi) 

1. a will o' the wisp

   Synonyms: 狐火 (kitsunebi), 陰火 (inka), 幽霊火 (yūreibi), 野火 (yaka)

Proper noun

鬼(おに)火(び) • (Onibi) 

1. short for 鬼火焚 (Onibitaki), a fire matsuri (Japanese festival) held around Kyūshū on 7 (in some places, 14) January

Synonyms

• (January fire festivals, not just in Kyūshū):
  • 左義長(さぎちょう) (Sagichō), 三毬杖(さぎちょう) (Sagichō)
  • 道祖土焼(さいとやき) (Saitoyaki), 塞灯焼(さいとやき) (Saitoyaki)
  • どんど (Dondo)
  • どんどやき (Dondoyaki)
  • どんどんやき (Dondon'Yaki)
• (fire festival in general): 火祭(ひまつ)り (himatsuri)