紅頭火柴

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	head; (noun suffix)	match
trad. (紅頭火柴)		紅	頭	火柴
simp. (红头火柴)		红	头	火柴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngtóu huǒchái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ tau⁴ fo² caai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngtóu huǒchái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngtóu huǒchái
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-tʻou² huo³-chʻai²
    • Yale: húng-tóu hwǒ-chái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngtour huoochair
    • Palladius: хунтоу хочай (xuntou xočaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ tau⁴ fo² caai⁴
    • Yale: hùhng tàuh fó chàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ tau⁴ fo² tsaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ teo⁴ fo² cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Noun

紅頭火柴

1. (literal) red-tip match (fire-starter)
   • 2003, 錢乃榮, quoting Albert Bourgeois, 北部吳語研究, 上海大學出版社, page 150:

     王先生出去以後，他的太太吃了一包紅頭火柴自殺。 [MSC, trad.]
     王先生出去以后，他的太太吃了一包红头火柴自杀。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wáng xiānsheng chūqù yǐhòu, tā de tàitài chīle yībāo hóngtóu huǒchái zìshā. [Pinyin]

     After Mr. Wang left, his wife committed suicide by eating a pack of red-tip matches.

2. (figurative) someone who is hotheaded

Synonyms

• (match): (Wu) 紅頭自來火