起火

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (起火)		起	火
simp. #(起火)		起	火

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² fo²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-fó
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khí-hér / khí-hé / khí-hóe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki² huê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐhuǒ [Phonetic: qíhuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-huo³
    • Yale: chǐ-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiihuoo
    • Palladius: цихо (cixo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² fo²
    • Yale: héi fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-fó
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˋ fo^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ fo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-hér
    • Tâi-lô: khí-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-hé
    • Tâi-lô: khí-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'hea
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: khí-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'hoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki² huê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí hué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ hue⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

起火

1. to start cooking; to prepare meals
2. to catch fire; to ignite
3. to get angry

Synonyms

• (catch fire): 發火／发火 (fāhuǒ), 失火 (shīhuǒ), 著火／着火 (zháohuǒ)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐhuo, qǐhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ, ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐhuo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐhuo̊
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-huo⁵
    • Yale: chǐ-hwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii.huo
    • Palladius: цихо (cixo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴ xu̯ɔ⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐhuǒ [Phonetic: qíhuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-huo³
    • Yale: chǐ-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiihuoo
    • Palladius: цихо (cixo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 起火

1. (historical) A type of traditional Chinese firework.