磷火

Chinese

		ignis fatuus	fire
trad. (磷火/燐火)		磷/燐	火
simp. (磷火)		磷	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ fo²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn-hé / lîn-hér / lîn-hóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-huo³
    • Yale: lín-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linhuoo
    • Palladius: линьхо (linʹxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ fo²
    • Yale: lèuhn fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ fɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-hé
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linhea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-hér
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: lîn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: linhoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³⁻²² hue⁵³/

Noun

磷火

1. will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus (Classifier: 團／团 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 磷火 (“will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鬼火
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		磷火, 鬼火
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鬼火兒
	Taiwan	磷火, 鬼火
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鬼燈籠兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鬼火
Gan	Nanchang	鬼火
	Lichuan	鬼打燈, 鬼火
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬼火
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬼火
Huizhou	Jixi	鬼火
Jin	Taiyuan	鬼火
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬼仔火, 鬼火
Wu	Danyang	鬼火
	Jinhua	鬼燈