無名火

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 無名火 – see 無明火 (“rage; anger; lust; mundane desire”). (This term is a variant form of 無明火).

Etymology 2

		to not have a name; anonymous; nameless to not have a name; anonymous; nameless; unknown; unnotable; unremarkable	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (無名火)		無名	火
simp. (无名火)		无名	火

Corrupted form of 無明火／无明火 (wúmínghuǒ), influenced by 無名／无名 (wúmíng, “unnamed”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúmínghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ming⁴ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúmínghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúmínghuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-ming²-huo³
    • Yale: wú-míng-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuminghuoo
    • Palladius: уминхо (uminxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ miŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ming⁴ fo²
    • Yale: mòuh mìhng fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ming⁴ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ming⁴ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵/

Noun

無名火

1. (sometimes proscribed) anger out of nowhere

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 齷齪火／龌龊火