火攻

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to attack; to accuse; to study
trad. (火攻)		火	攻
simp. #(火攻)		火	攻

Etymology

Fromn Sun Tzu's The Art of War:

孫子曰：凡火攻有五：一曰火人，二曰火積，三曰火輜，四曰火庫，五曰火隊。 [MSC, trad.]

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孙子曰：凡火攻有五：一曰火人，二曰火积，三曰火辎，四曰火库，五曰火队。 [MSC, simp.]

Sūnzǐ yuē: fán huǒgōng yǒu wǔ: yī yuē huǒrén, èr yuē huǒjī, sān yuē huǒzī, sì yuē huǒkù, wǔ yuē huǒduì. [Pinyin]

Sun Tzu said: "There are five ways to attack with fire: the first is to burn personnel; the second is to burn stockpiles; the third is to burn transports; the fourth is to burn arsenals; the fifth is to burn camps."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒgōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒgōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒgong
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-kung¹
    • Yale: hwǒ-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoogong
    • Palladius: хогун (xogun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

火攻

1. fire attack (using fire as a weapon against enemy personnel and installations)

Related terms

• 火具 (huǒjù)