篝火

Chinese

		bamboo frame for drying clothes	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (篝火)		篝	火
simp. #(篝火)		篝	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōuhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōuhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gouhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹-huo³
    • Yale: gōu-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gouhuoo
    • Palladius: гоухо (gouxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau¹ fo²
    • Yale: gāu fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo¹ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 篝火

1. bonfire; campfire (Classifier: 把)
2. (literary) fire covered with a bamboo cage

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
篝	火
かがり Hyōgaiji	ひ > び Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 篝 (kagari, “iron basket for a fire”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

篝(かがり)火(び) • (kagaribi) 

1. watchfire, fishing fire, bonfire
2. brothel-keeper in the Edo period
3. 27th chapter of The Tale of Genji

Derived terms

• 篝火草(かがりびそう) (kagaribisō): cyclamen