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

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)

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

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐhuo, qǐhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ, ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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

(historical) a type of traditional Chinese firework