熱火朝天

Chinese

		showing tremendous enthusiasm; exciting; nice and warm	to look skyward; to look up; to face the sky
trad. (熱火朝天)		熱火	朝天
simp. (热火朝天)		热火	朝天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rèhuǒ cháotiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jit⁶ fo² ciu⁴ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍t-hér-tiâu-thian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rèhuǒ cháotiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rèhuǒ cháotian
    • Wade–Giles: jê⁴-huo³ chʻao²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: rè-hwǒ cháu-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rehhuoo chaurtian
    • Palladius: жэхо чаотянь (žɛxo čaotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jit⁶ fo² ciu⁴ tin¹
    • Yale: yiht fó chìuh tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jit⁹ fo² tsiu⁴ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yid⁶ fo² qiu⁴ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːt̚² fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t-hér-tiâu-thian
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍t-hér-tiâu-thian
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛt̚²⁴⁻² hə⁵⁵⁴ tiau²⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn³³/

Idiom

熱火朝天

1. buzzing or bustling with activity; in full swing