鬼火

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
simp. and trad. (鬼火)		鬼	火

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǐhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² fo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǐhuǒ [Phonetic: guíhuǒ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeihuuo
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai² fo²
  - Yale: gwái fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei² fo²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵/

Noun

鬼火

will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus (Classifier: 團／团 m)

Synonyms

磷火 (línhuǒ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬼	火
Grade: S	Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of 鬼 (oni, “ghost, devil”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi due to rendaku (連濁).

Noun

鬼火 (hiragana おにび, rōmaji onibi)

a will o' the wisp

Synonyms

狐火 (きつねび) (kitsunebi)
陰 (いん)火 (か) (inka)
幽 (ゆう)霊 (れい)火 (び) (yūreibi)
野 (や)火 (か) (yaka)

See also

鬼火 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Will-o'-the-wisp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Proper noun

鬼火 (hiragana おにび, rōmaji Onibi)

short for 鬼火焚 (Onibitaki), a fire matsuri (Japanese festival) held around Kyūshū on 7 (in some places, 14) January

Synonyms

(January fire festivals, not just in Kyūshū):
- 左 (さ)義 (ぎ)長 (ちょう) (Sagichō), 三 (さ)毬 (ぎ)杖 (ちょう) (Sagichō)
- 道祖土焼 (さいとやき) (Saitoyaki), 塞灯焼 (さいとやき) (Saitoyaki)
- どんど (Dondo)
- どんどやき (Dondoyaki)
- どんどんやき (Dondon'yaki)
(fire festival in general): 火祭 (ひまつ)り (himatsuri)

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