明火

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (明火)		明	火
simp. #(明火)		明	火
anagram		火明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ fo²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵ huê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínghuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-huo³
    • Yale: míng-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minghuoo
    • Palladius: минхо (minxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ fo²
    • Yale: mìhng fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ fɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mêng⁵ huê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng hué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hue⁵²/

Noun

明火

1. flame; open fire; open flame

   禁止明火。  ―  Jìnzhǐ mínghuǒ.  ―  Open flames prohibited.

2. armed robbery

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “flame”): 暗火 (ànhuǒ)

Verb

明火

1. to carry torches (especially in a robbery)