死火

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (死火)		死	火
simp. #(死火)		死	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhuǒ [Phonetic: síhuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-huo³
    • Yale: sž-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhuoo
    • Palladius: сыхо (syxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐhuǒr [Phonetic: síhuǒr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhuǒr
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-huo³-ʼrh
    • Yale: sž-hwǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhuool
    • Palladius: сыхор (syxor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² fo²
    • Yale: séi fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵/

Verb

死⫽火 (verb-object)

1. (of vehicles) to stall; to stop working

   架車死咗火嘅話，就要搵人嚟拖車喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   架车死咗火嘅话，就要揾人嚟拖车喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gaa³ ce¹ sei² zo² fo² ge³ waa^6-2, zau⁶ jiu³ wan² jan⁴ lai⁴ to¹ ce¹ laa³. [Jyutping]

   If the car stops working, you have to get someone to tow it away.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 熄火 (“to stall; (of an engine) to stop running”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		熄火
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	熄火
	Malaysia	死火
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	死火
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	熄火
Cantonese	Guangzhou	死火
	Hong Kong	死火
	Dongguan	死火
Hakka	Kuching (Hepo)	死火
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	死火

Derived terms

• 死火燈／死火灯

 

Interjection

死火

1. (Cantonese) oh no; what bad luck

   死火喇！我留咗份功課喺屋企𠻹！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   死火喇！我留咗份功课喺屋企𠻹！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   sei² fo² laa³! ngo⁵ lau⁴ zo² fan⁶ gung¹ fo³ hai² uk¹ kei² tim¹! [Jyutping]

   Oh no! I left my homework at home!