聖火

See also: 圣火

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (聖火)		聖	火
simp. (圣火)		圣	火

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shènghuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ fo²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳn-fó
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sèng-hóe / sèng-hé

(Teochew, Peng'im): sian³ huê²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shènghuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shènghuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-huo³
  - Yale: shèng-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqhuoo
  - Palladius: шэнхо (šɛnxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ fo²
  - Yale: sing fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ fɔː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳn-fó
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin fo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin⁴ fo³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn⁵⁵ fo³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-hóe / sèng-hé
  - Tâi-lô: sìng-hué / sèng-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seanghoea, seanghea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/, /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hue⁵⁵⁴/, /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ he⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/, /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/, /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴¹/, /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ he⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sian³ huê²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàⁿ hué
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hue⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

聖火

(religion) holy fire; sacred flame
Short for 奧運聖火／奥运圣火 (Àoyùn shènghuǒ).

Derived terms

奧運聖火／奥运圣火 (Àoyùn shènghuǒ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	火
せい Grade: 6	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

/seːkwa/ → /seːka/

From Middle Chinese compound 聖火 (MC syengH xwaX, literally “holy or sacred fire”). Compare modern Mandarin sacred fire; Olympic flame／圣火.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーか [séꜜèkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːka̠]

Noun

聖(せい)火(か) • (seika) ^{←せいくわ (seikwa)^?}

a sacred fire or flame
the Olympic torch

Antonyms

業火(ごうか) (gōka): hellfire

Coordinate terms

聖水(せいすい) (seisui): holy water
聖酒(せいしゅ) (seishu): sacramental wine
聖香(きよか) (kiyoka): sacramental incense
聖地(せいち) (seichi): hallowed ground, holy place; the Holy Land
聖地面(せいちめん) (seichimen): hallowed ground

Derived terms

聖火(せいか)リレー (seika rirē): Olympic torch relay

Further reading

聖火 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Sacred fire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Eternal flame on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
聖	火

Noun

聖火 • (seonghwa) (hangeul 성화)

Hanja form^? of 성화 (“holy flame; Olympic flame”).

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