火種

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
trad. (火種)		火	種
simp. (火种)		火	种

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒzhǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² zung²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fó-chúng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hér-chéng / hé-chéng / hóe-chéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒzhǒng [Phonetic: huózhǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒjhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-chung³
    • Yale: hwǒ-jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoojoong
    • Palladius: хочжун (xočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² zung²
    • Yale: fó júng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² dzung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² zung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-chúng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fo` zung`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo³ zung³
    • Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ t͡suŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-chéng
    • Tâi-lô: hér-tsíng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-chéng
    • Tâi-lô: hé-tsíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefzeang
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-chéng
    • Tâi-lô: hué-tsíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefzeang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/

Noun

火種

1. (literal) tinder; source of a fire
2. (figurative) spark (for a revolution); tinder (for)

Synonyms

• (tinder): (Hokkien) 火母