聖火

See also: 圣火

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (聖火)		聖	火
simp. (圣火)		圣	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shènghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ fo²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-fó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-hóe / sèng-hé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shènghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shènghuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-huo³
    • Yale: shèng-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqhuoo
    • Palladius: шэнхо (šɛnxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ fo²
    • Yale: sing fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ fɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-fó
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin fo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ fo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-hóe / sèng-hé
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-hué / sèng-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seanghoea, seanghea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/, /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hue⁵⁵⁴/, /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ he⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/, /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/, /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴¹/, /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ he⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 聖火

1. holy fire
2. Short for 奧運聖火／奥运圣火 (Àoyùn shènghuǒ).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	火
せい Grade: 6	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

/seːkwa/ → /seːka/

From Middle Chinese compound 聖火 (MC syengH xwaX, literally “holy or sacred fire”). Compare modern Mandarin sacred fire; Olympic flame／圣火.

Noun

聖(せい)火(か) • (seika) ^{←せいくわ (seikwa)?}

1. a sacred fire or flame
2. the Olympic torch

Antonyms

• 業火(ごうか) (gōka): hellfire

Coordinate terms

• 聖水(せいすい) (seisui): holy water
• 聖酒(せいしゅ) (seishu): sacramental wine
• 聖香(きよか) (kiyoka): sacramental incense
• 聖地(せいち) (seichi): hallowed ground, holy place; the Holy Land
• 聖地面(せいちめん) (seichimen): hallowed ground

Derived terms

• 聖火(せいか)リレー (seika rirē): Olympic torch relay

Further reading

• 聖火 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Sacred fire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eternal flame on Wikipedia.Wikipedia