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 Neipu)
    • 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 (verb-object) (intransitive)

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

Synonyms

• (to catch fire):

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• 失火 (shīhuǒ)
• 發火／发火 (fāhuǒ)
• 著火／着火 (zháohuǒ)

 

• (to get angry):

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• 上火 (shànghuǒ) (dialectal Mandarin)
• 使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Hokkien)
• 使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
• 使氣／使气 (shǐqì)
• 使癖 (Hokkien)
• 使頸／使颈 (sai² geng²) (Cantonese)
• 冒煙／冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)
• 動怒／动怒 (dòngnù)
• 受氣／受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien)
• 嗔怒 (chēnnù)
• 大怒 (dànù)
• 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
• 尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
• 𡳞火 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
• 忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
• 急 (jí)
• 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
• 惱怒／恼怒 (nǎonù)
• 惹氣／惹气 (rěqì)
• 惱火／恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
• 戳火 (cuah⁴ hue²) (Jin)
• 掛氣／挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
• 暴怒 (bàonù) (to explode in anger)
• 有氣／有气 (yǒuqì)
• 氣／气
• 氣惱／气恼 (qìnǎo)
• 火大 (huǒdà)
• 火癀 (Hokkien)
• 燒色／烧色 (chiáu-să̤) (Northern Min)
• 爆氣／爆气
• 犯脾氣／犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
• 狂怒 (kuángnù) (to explode in anger)
• 生氣／生气 (shēngqì)
• 癀發／癀发 (Hokkien)
• 發呴／发呴 (⁷faq ¹heu) (Wu)
• 發性地／发性地 (Hokkien)
• 發火／发火 (fāhuǒ)
• 發癀／发癀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 發老脾／发老脾 (faat³ lou⁵ pei^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 發脾四／发脾四 (faat³ pei⁴ sei³) (Cantonese)
• 發脾氣／发脾气 (fā píqi)
• 發臉／发脸 (Hokkien)
• 發輦／发辇 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 發飆／发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
• 盛怒 (shèngnù)
• 瞋恚 (chēnhuì) (Classical Chinese)
• 耍態度／耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
• 耍脾氣／耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
• 苦氣／苦气 (Hokkien)
• 見氣／见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang, Pingxiang Gan)
• 起性 (Hokkien)
• 起性地 (Hokkien)
• 起花光 (kī-huă-guŏng) (Eastern Min)
• 震怒 (zhènnù)
• 鬧脾氣／闹脾气 (nào píqi)

 

Derived terms

• 後院起火／后院起火
• 心頭起火／心头起火
• 起火店

 

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

起火

1. (historical) a type of traditional Chinese firework