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-hér / chúi-hé / 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: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hér
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hé
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, 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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 水火

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

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

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

Noun

水(すい)火(か) • (suika) 

1. water and fire
2. (disordered-spelling) short notation of Tuesday and Wednesday, preferable: 火水