火花

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (火花)		火	花
simp. ^#(火花)		火	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² faa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fó-fâ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hóe-hoe / hér-hoe / hé-hoe / hóe-hoa

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê² huê¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒhua
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-hua¹
  - Yale: hwǒ-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoohua
  - Palladius: хохуа (xoxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒhuār
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄚㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒhuar
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-hua¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: hwǒ-hwār
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoohual
  - Palladius: хохуар (xoxuar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo² faa¹
  - Yale: fó fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ faː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: fo^ˋ fa^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fo³ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ fa²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: hué-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefhoef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: hér-hue
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: hé-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hefhoef
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-hoa
  - Tâi-lô: hué-hua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefhoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hua⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê² huê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué hue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ hue³³/

Noun

火花

spark
火花迸濺／火花迸溅 ― huǒhuā bèngjiàn ― Sparks were flying in all directions.
picture on a matchbox; match-box design
(figurative) chemistry (of the romantic kind, between two people)
(figurative) vital force; life force

Synonyms

(spark): (literary, or in compounds) 焱 (yàn)

Derived terms

火花塞 (huǒhuāsāi)
火花放電 / 火花放电

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	花
ひ Grade: 1	はな > ばな Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

火 (hi, “fire”) +‎ 花 (hana, “flower”)

Noun

火(ひ)花(ばな) • (hibana)

spark

Anagrams

花火 (hanabi, “fireworks”)