陰火

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (陰火)		陰	火
simp. (阴火)		阴	火

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yîm-fó

  (Hailu, HRS): rhim^ˋ fo^ˊ

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-fó
    • Hakka Romanization System: im^ˊ fo^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim¹ fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /im²⁴ fo³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-fó
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)im^ˊ fo^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim¹ fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)im²⁴ fo³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: rhim^ˋ fo^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʒim⁵³ fo²⁴/

Noun

陰火

1. (Hakka) will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 磷火 (“will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鬼火
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		磷火, 鬼火
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鬼火兒
	Taiwan	磷火, 鬼火
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鬼燈籠兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鬼火
Gan	Nanchang	鬼火
	Lichuan	鬼打燈, 鬼火
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬼火
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬼火
Huizhou	Jixi	鬼火
Jin	Taiyuan	鬼火
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬼仔火, 鬼火
Wu	Danyang	鬼火
	Jinhua	鬼燈