死灰復燃

Chinese edit

	dead embers; passion which has died	to rekindle; to be kindled or ignited again; to revive
trad. (死灰復燃)	死灰	復燃
simp. (死灰复燃)	死灰	复燃
Literally: “dead embers relight”.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǐhuīfùrán

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² fui¹ fuk⁶ jin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-hoe-hiū-liân / sú-hoe-hiū-liân / sí-hoe-ho̍k-jiân / sí-he-ho̍k-jiân / sú-hoe-ho̍k-jiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhuīfùrán
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄟㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhueifùrán
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hui¹-fu⁴-jan²
  - Yale: sž-hwēi-fù-rán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhueifuhran
  - Palladius: сыхуэйфужань (syxuejfužanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² fui¹ fuk⁶ jin⁴
  - Yale: séi fūi fuhk yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² fui¹ fuk⁹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² fui¹ fug⁶ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵ fʊk̚² jiːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-hoe-hiū-liân
  - Tâi-lô: sí-hue-hiū-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy'hoe'hiuxlieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻²² hiu²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-hoe-hiū-liân
  - Tâi-lô: sú-hue-hiū-liân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sw'hoe'hiuxlieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻²² hiu²²⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-hoe-ho̍k-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: sí-hue-ho̍k-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy'hoe'hogjieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² ziɛn²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-he-ho̍k-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: sí-he-ho̍k-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy'he'hogjieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ he⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² ziɛn²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú-hoe-ho̍k-jiân
  - Tâi-lô: sú-hue-ho̍k-jiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sw'hoe'hogjieen
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚⁴⁻³² ziɛn²³/

Idiom edit

死灰復燃

renascent; to resurge