烽火

Chinese

		beacon fire	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (烽火)		烽	火
simp. #(烽火)		烽	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ fo²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûng-fó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-hóⁿ / hong-hé / hong-hóe
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fon-hu₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fonghuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-huo³
    • Yale: fēng-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenghuoo
    • Palladius: фэнхо (fɛnxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 烽火 風火 / 风火

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fung¹ fo²
    • Yale: fūng fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 烽火 風火 / 风火

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûng-fó
    • Hakka Romanization System: fung^ˊ fo^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung¹ fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ²⁴ fo³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-hóⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hong-hónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: honghvor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ hɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-hé
    • Tâi-lô: hong-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: honghea
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: hong-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: honghoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fon-hu₅
    • MiniDict: fon^平 hu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fon-hu₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /foŋ⁵⁵ hu²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phjowng xwaX

Rime
Character	烽	火
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	敷容切	呼果切
Baxter	phjowng	xwaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨoŋ/	/huɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰioŋ/	/huɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰioŋ/	/xuɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuawŋ/	/hwaX/
Li Rong	/pʰioŋ/	/xuɑX/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwoŋ/	/xuɑX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯woŋ/	/xuɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēng	huǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fung1	fo2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰoŋ  qʰʷaːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	火
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ xwaX ›
Old Chinese	/*[qʷʰ]ˁəjʔ/
English	fire
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	烽	火
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3228	5540
Phonetic component	丰	火
Rime group	東	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	峯	火
Old Chinese	/*pʰoŋ/	/*qʰʷaːlʔ/

Noun

烽火

1. signal-fire used in ancient China to warn of an approaching enemy

   • 烽火連三月，家書抵萬金 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     烽火连三月，家书抵万金 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Du Fu, Chunwang (春望) (trans. Paul Harris)

     fēnghuǒ lián sānyuè, jiāshū dǐ wàn jīn [Pinyin]

     For three months on end the garrison beacons have glimmered at night. A letter from home would be worth a heap of gold to me.

2. (figuratively) war; conflict

Derived terms

• 烽火輪 / 烽火轮

 

See also

• 烽煙／烽烟 (fēngyān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烽	火
のろし
Hyōgai	Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative forms

• 狼煙

Noun

烽火(のろし) • (noroshi) 

1. smoke signal, skyrocket

Korean

Hanja in this term
烽	火

Noun

烽火 • (bonghwa) (hangeul 봉화)

1. hanja form^? of 봉화 (“signal fire”)