消防

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
trad. (消防)		消	防
simp. #(消防)		消	防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāofáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ fong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-fòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāofáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaofáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-fang²
    • Yale: syāu-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaufarng
    • Palladius: сяофан (sjaofan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ fong⁴
    • Yale: sīu fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-fòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu´ fongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ fong²
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴ foŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-hông
    • Tâi-lô: siau-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'hoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/

Verb

消防

1. to prevent fire; to firefight

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 消防

1. fire prevention; firefighting

   消防演習／消防演习  ―  xiāofáng yǎnxí  ―  fire drill

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
消	防
しょう Grade: 3	ぼう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

消(しょう)防(ぼう) • (shōbō) 

1. fire fighting, firefighting
2. Short for 消防署. fire station, fire department, firehouse

Derived terms

• 消防隊(しょうぼうたい) (shōbōtai, “fire company”)
• 消防士(しょうぼうし) (shōbōshi, “fire fighter”)
• 消防車(しょうぼうしゃ) (shōbōsha, “fire engine”)

See also

• 消(け)す (kesu, “extinguish”)

References

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN