小火

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎohuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎohuǒ [Phonetic: xiáohuǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauhuuo
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎohuǒr [Phonetic: xiáohuǒr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauhuuol
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xwɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

小火

(cooking) slow fire; low heat

Antonyms

大火 (dàhuǒ)

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

The kanji are jukujikun.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

小火 (hiragana ぼや, rōmaji boya)

small fire

Etymology 2

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

/seukwa/ → /syouka/ → /ɕoːka/

Pronunciation

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

Noun

小火 (hiragana しょうか, rōmaji shōka, historical hiragana せうくわ)

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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