鬼仔火

Chinese

		ghost	fire
trad. (鬼仔火)		鬼仔	火
simp. #(鬼仔火)		鬼仔	火

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-á-hé / kúi-á-hóe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-á-hé
    • Tâi-lô: kuí-á-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuyafhea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-á-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: kuí-á-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuyafhoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴¹/

Noun

鬼仔火

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) 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