火攻

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to attack; to accuse; to study
trad. (火攻)		火	攻
simp. ^#(火攻)		火	攻

Etymology

Fromn Sun Tzu's The Art of War:

孫子曰：凡火攻有五：一曰火人，二曰火積，三曰火輜，四曰火庫，五曰火隊。 [MSC, trad.]

孙子曰：凡火攻有五：一曰火人，二曰火积，三曰火辎，四曰火库，五曰火队。 [MSC, simp.]

Sūnzǐ yuē: fán huǒgōng yǒu wǔ: yī yuē huǒrén, èr yuē huǒjī, sān yuē huǒzī, sì yuē huǒkù, wǔ yuē huǒduì. [Pinyin]

Sun Tzu said: "There are five ways to attack with fire: the first is to burn personnel; the second is to burn stockpiles; the third is to burn transports; the fourth is to burn arsenals; the fifth is to burn camps."

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒgong
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-kung¹
  - Yale: hwǒ-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoogong
  - Palladius: хогун (xogun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

火攻

fire attack (using fire as a weapon against enemy personnel and installations)

Related terms

火具 (huǒjù)

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