火水
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[edit]fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving |
water; river | ||
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trad. (火水) | 火 | 水 | |
simp. #(火水) | 火 | 水 | |
anagram | 水火 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fo2 seoi2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): fo2 sui2
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fo3 sui3
- Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hue2 zui2
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fo2 seoi2
- Yale: fó séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: fo2 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: fo2 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: fo2 sui2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fᵘɔ⁵⁵ sui⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]火水
Synonyms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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火 | 水 |
ひ Grade: 1 |
みず Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Of 火 (hi, “fire”) + 水 (mizu, “water”). Attested from the 13th century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- fire and water
- Synonym: 水火 (suika)
- bitterness, suffering; an agony akin to burning and drowning
- a violent force; a force similar to conflagration or flood
- mutually incompatible people or things; an extremely bad relationship; (people or things) as incompatible as fire and water
- Synonym: 犬猿 (ken'en, literally “dog and monkey”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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火 | 水 |
か Grade: 1 |
すい Grade: 1 |
Of 火 (ka, “fire”) + 水 (sui, “water”). Attested from the 15th century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- fire and water
- Synonym: 水火 (suika)
- extreme difficulty, a dire situation, a heart-breaking situation
- (something) contrary to convention, tradition, or personal nature; against the usual order of things
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “火水”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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