電火

See also: 电火

Chinese

	electric; electricity; electrical	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (電火)	電	火
simp. (电火)	电	火
anagram	火電／火电

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diànhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): en⁵ fo²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thien-fó

(Meixian, Guangdong): tiên⁴ fo³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiān-hé / tiān-hér / tiān-hóe

(Teochew, Peng'im): diêng⁶ huê²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diànhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diànhuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: tien⁴-huo³
  - Yale: dyàn-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannhuoo
  - Palladius: дяньхо (djanʹxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: en⁵ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /en³² fᵘɔ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-fó
  - Hakka Romanization System: tien fo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ fo³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ fo³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tiên⁴ fo³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ fo³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-hé
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diexnhea
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² he⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-hér
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-hér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: tiān-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diexnhoea
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ huɛ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ hue⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diêng⁶ huê²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiĕng hué
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ hue⁵²/

Middle Chinese: denH xwaX

Rime
Character	電	火
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	堂練切	呼果切
Baxter	denH	xwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/den^H/	/huɑ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/den^H/	/huɑ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛn^H/	/xuɑ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛn^H/	/hwa^X/
Li Rong	/den^H/	/xuɑ^X/
Wang Li	/dien^H/	/xuɑ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱien^H/	/xuɑ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diàn	huǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	din⁶	fo²

Noun

電火

(literary) lightning flash
(literary) spark generating by discharging electricity
(chiefly Taishanese, Hakka, Southern Min) light; lamp
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) flashlight; torch

Synonyms

(lamp): 電燈／电灯 (diàndēng); (Northern Min) 電光／电光, 電光火／电光火

Dialectal synonyms of 手電筒 (“flashlight; torch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手電筒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	手電筒, 手電, 電棒兒, 手電棒兒
	Taiwan	手電筒, 電筒
	Harbin	電棒兒
	Singapore	手電筒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	電把兒, 電棒子
	Weifang (Weicheng)	電棒子
	Weifang (Fangzi)	電棒子
	Changle	電棒子
	Shouguang	電棒子
	Wulian	電棒子
	Jinan	電棒子, 手電
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Weifang (Hanting)	電棒子
	Changyi	電棒子
	Gaomi	電棒子
	Zhucheng	電棒子
	Anqiu	電棒子
	Linqu	電棒子
	Qingzhou	電棒子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	電棒兒, 電筒
	Wanrong	手電
	Xi'an	手電
	Xuzhou	手電, 電棒子, 電棒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	發納里
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	手電
	Lanzhou	手電
	Ürümqi	電把子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	電棒, 手電筒, 電筒
	Wuhan	電棒, 手電筒, 電筒
	Guiyang	電筒, 手電
	Dagudi (Maliba)	電筒
	Reshuitang (Longling)	手電筒
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	手電筒
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	手電筒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	電筒
	Hefei	手電筒, 電筒
	Chuzhou	手電筒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	電筒
	Hong Kong	電筒
	Yangjiang	手電筒, 手電, 電火
	Beihai	手電筒
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	手電筒
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	手電筒
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	電筒
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	電筒
	Móng Cái	手電筒
	Yangon (Taishan)	手電筒
	Mandalay (Taishan)	手電
Gan	Nanchang	電筒, 手電
	Lichuan	電筒
	Pingxiang	手電
Hakka	Meixian	電筒
	Jiexi	電火
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手電筒, 手電仔, 手電筒仔, 懷中電燈
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	電池仔, 手電筒仔, 懷中電燈
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手電, 手電筒, 手電筒仔, 懷中電燈
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手電, 手電筒, 懷中電燈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手電筒, 手電, 手擎仔, 懷中電燈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手電, 懷中電燈
	Senai (Hepo)	手電筒
Huizhou	Jixi	電火, 電筒
Jin	Taiyuan	電棒子, 電棒, 手電, 電筒
Jin	Xinzhou	電棒兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	手電, 手電筒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手電, 手電筒
	Fuzhou (Changle)	手電
	Fuqing	手電
	Yongtai	手電
	Gutian	手電
	Fu'an	手電
	Ningde	手電
	Shouning	手電
	Zhouning	手電
	Fuding	手電
Southern Min	Xiamen	手電
	Quanzhou	手電
	Zhangzhou	手電, 電火
	Zhangpu	電火
	Taipei	手電
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	手電仔
	Kaohsiung	手電仔, 手電
	Yilan	手電, 手電仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	手電火, 手電仔
	Taichung	手電仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	手電仔
	Tainan	手電, 手燈仔
	Taitung	手電仔
	Hsinchu	手電
	Kinmen	手電
	Penghu (Magong)	手電
	Penang (Hokkien)	手電
	Singapore (Hokkien)	手電
	Manila (Hokkien)	電火, 手電
	Chaozhou	手電
	Haikou	手燈
Puxian Min	Xianyou	手電
Puxian Min	Fuding (Aoyao)	手電
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	電筒
Wu	Shanghai	手電筒, 電筒
	Suzhou	電筒, 手電筒
	Wuxi	電筒
	Danyang	手電筒, 電筒
	Hangzhou	電筒, 手電筒
	Ningbo	電光燈, 電筒
	Wenzhou	手電筒, 電筒
	Jinhua	電筒
Xiang	Changsha	電亮, 手電筒, 手電
Xiang	Shuangfeng	手電, 電光

Derived terms