紅紅火火

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (紅紅火火)		紅	紅	火	火
simp. (红红火火)		红	红	火	火
AABB-type reduplication of 紅火／红火 (hónghuo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hónghónghuǒhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ hung⁴ fo² fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hónghónghuǒhuǒ [Phonetic: hónghónghuóhuǒ] → hónghonghuǒhuǒ (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ → ㄏㄨㄥˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngho̊nghuǒhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-hung⁵-huo³-huo³
    • Yale: húng-hung-hwǒ-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng.hornghuoohuoo
    • Palladius: хунхунхохо (xunxunxoxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /xʊŋ³⁵ xʊŋ³ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ hung⁴ fo² fo²
    • Yale: hùhng hùhng fó fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ hung⁴ fo² fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ hung⁴ fo² fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ hʊŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵ fɔː³⁵/

Adjective

紅紅火火

1. (Mainland China) prosperous; flourishing
2. (Mainland China) lively; boisterous; magnificent

Derived terms

• 紅紅火火恍恍惚惚／红红火火恍恍惚惚 (hónghónghuǒhuǒ huǎnghuǎnghūhū)