死火

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² fo²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² fo²
  - Yale: séi fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: séi² fo²
  - IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵/

Verb

死火

(Cantonese, 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.

Interjection

死火

(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 kei⁵ tim¹! [Jyutping]
Oh no! I left my homework at home!

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