啞火

Chinese

		dumb; mute; (onomat.)	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (啞火)		啞	火
simp. (哑火)		哑	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎhuǒ [Phonetic: yáhuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: ya³-huo³
    • Yale: yǎ-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeahuoo
    • Palladius: яхо (jaxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

啞火

1. (of explosive) to fail to explode; to be a dud; (of gun etc.) to fail to fire
2. (figurative) to go quiet; to become quiet; to keep silent
3. (figurative) to bomb out; to fail at a crucial moment