文火

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (文火)		文	火
simp. #(文火)		文	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ fo²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vùn-fó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-hér / bûn-hé / bûn-hóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-huo³
    • Yale: wén-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenhuoo
    • Palladius: вэньхо (vɛnʹxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ fo²
    • Yale: màhn fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ fɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-fó
    • Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ fo^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vun² fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ fo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hér
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hé
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunhea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: bûn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bunhoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² hue⁵³/

Noun

文火

1. slow fire; gentle heat

Synonyms

• 小火 (xiǎohuǒ)

Antonyms

• 武火 (wǔhuǒ)