電光石火

See also: 电光石火

Chinese

		flash of lightning; electric light	stone fire
trad. (電光石火)		電光	石火
simp. (电光石火)		电光	石火
anagram		電光火石／电光火石
Literally: “a flash of lightning, a flint spark”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànguāng shíhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ gwong¹ sek⁶ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànguāng shíhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànguang shíhhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-kuang¹ shih²-huo³
    • Yale: dyàn-gwāng shŕ-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannguang shyrhuoo
    • Palladius: дяньгуан шихо (djanʹguan šixo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ gwong¹ sek⁶ fo²
    • Yale: dihn gwōng sehk fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ gwong¹ sek⁹ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ guong¹ ség⁶ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɛːk̚² fɔː³⁵/

Idiom

電光石火

1. something that vanishes in a flash

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	光	石	火
でん Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2	せき > せっ Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

電光 (denkō) +‎ 石火 (sekka)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) でんこーせっか [dèńkóó séꜜkkà] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ŋko̞ː se̞k̚ka̠]

Noun

電(でん)光(こう)石(せっ)火(か) • (denkō sekka) ^{←でんくわうせきくわ (denkwausekikwa)?}

1. lightning speed

References

• “電光石火”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026