過火

See also: 过火

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (過火)		過	火
simp. (过火)		过	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ fo²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-fó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-hé / kèr-hér / kòe-hóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-huo³
    • Yale: gwò-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohhuoo
    • Palladius: гохо (goxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ fo²
    • Yale: gwo fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ fɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-fó
    • Hakka Romanization System: go fo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ fo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-hé
    • Tâi-lô: kè-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kea'hea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-hér
    • Tâi-lô: kèr-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koea'hoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴¹/

Adjective

過火

1. exaggerated; overdone; radical; extreme

Synonyms

• 不像話／不像话 (bùxiànghuà)
• 不成話／不成话 (bùchénghuà)
• 偏激 (piānjī) (thoughts, attitudes)
• 太甚 (tàishèn)
• 太過／太过 (tàiguò)
• 苦 (regional)
• 過分／过分 (guòfèn)
• 過度／过度 (guòdù)
• 過甚／过甚 (guòshèn) (literary)
• 過當／过当 (guòdàng)
• 過角／过角 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 過頭／过头 (guòtóu)

 

Verb

過火

1. to go too far
2. (Hakka, Southern Min) to overcook due to higher heat than needed

Noun

過火

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) ritual where people walk over burning charcoal in temple festivals and ceremonies (said to have the effect of healing diseases and eliminating disasters)