文夕大火

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	dusk; evening	large fire; inferno; conflagration large fire; inferno; conflagration; high heat; intense fire; strong fire
trad. (文夕大火)		文	夕	大火
simp. #(文夕大火)		文	夕	大火

Etymology

文 (wén) is the telegraph abbreviation code for the 12th day of a month (the day before the incident happened).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wénxī Dàhuǒ, Wénxì Dàhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ, ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ zik⁶ daai⁶ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wénxī Dàhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnsi Dàhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: Wên²-hsi¹ Ta⁴-huo³
    • Yale: Wén-syī Dà-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenshi Dahhuoo
    • Palladius: Вэньси Дахо (Vɛnʹsi Daxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wénxì Dàhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnsì Dàhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: Wên²-hsi⁴ Ta⁴-huo³
    • Yale: Wén-syì Dà-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenshih Dahhuoo
    • Palladius: Вэньси Дахо (Vɛnʹsi Daxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ zik⁶ daai⁶ fo²
    • Yale: màhn jihk daaih fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ dzik⁹ daai⁶ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ jig⁶ dai⁶ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ t͡sɪk̚² taːi̯²² fɔː³⁵/

Proper noun

文夕大火

1. 1938 Changsha fire