火柴

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	firewood
trad. (火柴)		火	柴
simp. #(火柴)		火	柴
anagram		柴火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒchái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄞˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fo² caai⁴ / fo² caai^4-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fo² cai^4*

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fo³ cai²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hé-chhâ / hér-chhâ / hóe-chhâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê² ca⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒchái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒchái
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-chʻai²
    • Yale: hwǒ-chái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoochair
    • Palladius: хочай (xočaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² caai⁴ / fo² caai^4-2
    • Yale: fó chàaih / fó cháai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² tsaai⁴ / fo² tsaai^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² cai⁴ / fo² cai^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/, /fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Note: fo2 caai4-2 - dated.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fo² cai^4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fᵘɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰai²¹⁻²¹⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fo³ cai²
    • Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ t͡sʰaɪ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-chhâ
    • Tâi-lô: hé-tshâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefzhaa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰa²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-chhâ
    • Tâi-lô: hér-tshâ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰa²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-chhâ
    • Tâi-lô: hué-tshâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefzhaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰa²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰa¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê² ca⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué tshâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰa⁵⁵/

Noun

火柴

1. match (for lighting candles, cigars, etc.) (Classifier: 根 m; 枝 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 火柴 (“match”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		火柴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	火柴, 洋火, 取燈兒, 洋取燈兒
	Taiwan	火柴
	Harbin	火柴, 洋火兒, 煙火兒, 起燈兒 dated, 吱拉火兒 dated
	Shenyang	洋火
	Singapore	火柴
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	洋火兒 dated
	Jinan	火柴, 洋火
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	洋火兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	洋火兒
	Wanrong	洋火, 取燈子 dated
	Zhengzhou	火柴, 洋火兒 dated
	Xi'an	洋火, 火柴
	Xining	火柴, 洋火
	Xuzhou	火柴, 洋火
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	洋火
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	火柴, 洋火, 火取子 dated
	Lanzhou	洋火
	Ürümqi	洋火兒, 火柴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	火柴, 洋火, 火草
	Wuhan	洋火, 火柴
	Guiyang	火柴, 洋火
	Kunming	洋火
	Guilin	火柴
	Liuzhou	火柴, 洋火 dated
	Kokang	洋火
	Dagudi (Maliba)	洋火絲
	Reshuitang (Longling)	洋火絲
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	火柴
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	洋火
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	洋火, 火柴
	Yangzhou	洋火, 火柴
	Nantong	洋火
	Hefei	火柴, 洋火
	Chuzhou	洋火 dated
Mandarin	Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)	自來火
Cantonese	Guangzhou	火柴
	Hong Kong	火柴
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	火柴
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	火柴
	Macau	火柴
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	火柴
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	火柴
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	火柴
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	火柴
	Foshan	火柴
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	火柴
	Foshan (Shunde)	火柴
	Foshan (Sanshui)	火柴
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	火柴
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	火柴
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	火柴
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	火柴
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	火柴
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	火柴
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	火柴
	Taishan	火柴
	Kaiping (Chikan)	火柴
	Enping (Niujiang)	火柴
	Heshan (Yayao)	火柴
	Dongguan	火柴
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	火柴
	Shaoguan	火柴
	Yunfu	火柴
	Yangjiang	火柴
	Xinyi	火柴
	Lianjiang	火柴
	Nanning	火柴
	Baise	火柴
	Qinzhou	火柴
	Beihai	火柴
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	火柴
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	火柴
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	火柴
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	火柴
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	火柴
	Móng Cái	火柴
Gan	Nanchang	火柴, 洋火
	Lichuan	洋火
	Jianning	洋火
	Taining	洋火
Hakka	Meixian	火柴, 自來火 dated
	Xingning	火柴
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	自來火
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	火柴
	Huidong (Daling)	火柴
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	火柴
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	火柴
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	火柴
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	洋火
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	火柴
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	火柴
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	自來火
	Changting	自來火, 洋火
	Shanghang	洋火
	Longyan (Yongding)	洋火
	Wuping	自來火, 洋火
	Wuping (Pingyu)	自來火
	Liancheng	洋火, 自來火, 火樵
	Ninghua	火藥
	Qingliu	洋火
	Yudu	自來火, 洋火
	Ruijin	自來火
	Shicheng	火藥
	Shangyou (Shexi)	自落火
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	捽來火, 番仔火, 捽仔火, 自來火
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	捽來火, 番仔火
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	番火, 番仔火, 自來火
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	番火
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	番火, 番仔火
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	番子火
	Hong Kong	火柴
	Sabah (Longchuan)	火柴
	Senai (Huiyang)	火柴
	Singkawang	火捽
Huizhou	Jixi	火柴, 洋火 dated
	Shexian	火柴, 洋火 dated
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	火柴, 洋火 dated
Jin	Taiyuan	洋取燈, 洋取燈兒, 洋火
	Xinzhou	洋取燈子, 取燈子, 洋火柴, 火柴
Northern Min	Jian'ou	番仔火
	Songxi	洋火
	Zhenghe	自來火
	Jianyang	洋火
	Wuyishan	番鬼火
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	自來火
	Fuzhou (Changle)	自來火
	Lianjiang	洋火
	Fuqing	番囝火, 洋火, 番火
	Pingtan	自來火, 洋火
	Yongtai	自來火
	Minqing	自來火, 洋火
	Gutian	番囝火
	Pingnan	洋火
	Luoyuan	洋火
	Fu'an	火爍
	Ningde	洋火
	Xiapu	洋火
	Zherong	洋火
	Shouning	洋火
	Zhouning	火涿
	Fuding	柴火
	Matsu	番囝火
Southern Min	Xiamen	番仔火, 火擦, 火拭, 火揭
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	火拭
	Quanzhou	番仔火, 火擦, 火揭
	Jinjiang	火擦, 番仔火
	Nan'an	火擦
	Shishi	火擦, 番仔火
	Hui'an	火擦
	Anxi	火擦, 番仔火
	Yongchun	火拭, 番囝火
	Dehua	番囝火, 火柴
	Zhangzhou	番仔火, 火揭, 火揭仔, 火刀揭仔
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	番仔火
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	番仔火
	Hua'an	番仔火, 火柴
	Nanjing	番仔火, 火柴
	Pinghe	番仔火, 火柴
	Zhangpu	番仔火
	Yunxiao	番仔火, 火柴
	Zhao'an	番仔火
	Dongshan	番仔火
	Taipei	番仔火
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	番仔火
	Kaohsiung	番仔火
	Yilan	番仔火
	Changhua (Lukang)	番仔火
	Taichung	番仔火
	Tainan	番仔火
	Hsinchu	番仔火
	Kinmen	番仔火, 火劃仔, 火擦仔
	Penghu (Magong)	番仔火
	Penang (Hokkien)	火拭
	Manila (Hokkien)	火擦
	Longyan	洋火
	Zhangping	番仔火
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	火柴
	Guilin (Biyange)	自來火
	Chaozhou	火柴, 自來火
	Shantou	火柴
	Jieyang	火柴
	Haifeng	火柴
	Fengshun (Liuhuang)	自來火
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	火柴
	Pontianak (Teochew)	火柴
	Leizhou	火擦 in villages, 番鬼火 dated
	Haikou	火刮, 火擦
Puxian Min	Putian	火擦
	Xianyou	火擦
Central Min	Yong'an	硫磺籤
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	洋火, 自來火
	Sanming (Shaxian)	番仔火
	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	自打火, 洋火
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	鬼子火
	Guangze	洋火
	Jiangle	洋火
	Mingxi	洋火
	Shunchang	洋火
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	火柴
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	火柴, 洋火 dated
	Nanning (Xinxu)	火柴
Northern Pinghua	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	自來火
Wu	Shanghai	自來火, 洋火 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	自來火
	Suzhou	自來火, 洋火
	Danyang	洋火
	Hangzhou	洋火
	Ningbo	自來火, 洋火
	Wenzhou	自來火, 自來燭, 峙燎火
	Jinhua	洋火, 火柴
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	火藥
	Pucheng	洋火
Xiang	Changsha	火柴, 洋火
	Loudi	火柴, 洋火, 硝藥
	Shuangfeng	火柴, 洋火
	Quanzhou	火柴

Derived terms

• 安全火柴 (ānquán huǒchái)
• 火柴盒 (huǒcháihé)
• 紅頭火柴／红头火柴 (hóngtóu huǒchái)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	柴
か Grade: 1	しば Jinmeiyō
jūbakoyomi

Noun

火(か)柴(しば) • (kashiba) 

1. match (device to make fire)

Synonyms

• 燐寸(マッチ) (matchi)