小火

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (小火)		小	火
simp. ^#(小火)		小	火

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎohuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎohuǒ [Phonetic: xiáohuǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎohuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-huo³
  - Yale: syǎu-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauhuoo
  - Palladius: сяохо (sjaoxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎohuǒr [Phonetic: xiáohuǒr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎohuǒr
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-huorh³
  - Yale: syǎu-hwǒr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauhuool
  - Palladius: сяохор (sjaoxor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xwɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

小火

(cooking) slow fire; low heat

Synonyms

文火 (wénhuǒ)

Antonyms

大火 (dàhuǒ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	火
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
irregular

The kanji are jukujikun.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from "ぼやぼや", onomatopoeia relating to cooking miso or just the sound of "small fire"?”)

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)

(Tokyo) ぼや [bóꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [bo̞ja̠]

Noun

小火(ぼや) • (boya)

small fire

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	火
しょう Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

/seukwa/ → /ɕeuka/ → /ɕoːka/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Sinitic or Middle Chinese?”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) しょーか [shóꜜòkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːka̠]

Noun

小(しょう)火(か) • (shōka) ^{←せうくわ (seukwa)^?}

small fire

Usage notes

boya, although an unapproved reading of 小火, is used much more commonly than shōka

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN