文火

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (文火)		文	火
simp. ^#(文火)		文	火

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ fo²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vùn-fó

(Hailu, HRS): vun fo^ˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bûn-hér / bûn-hé / bûn-hóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnhuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-huo³
  - Yale: wén-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenhuoo
  - Palladius: вэньхо (vɛnʹxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ fo²
  - Yale: màhn fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ fɔː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vùn-fó
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun^ˇ fo^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vun² fo³
  - Sinological IPA: /vun¹¹ fo³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun fo^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /vun⁵⁵ fo²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hér
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-hér
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bun²⁴⁻²² hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hé
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunhea
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bun²⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bun²⁴⁻¹¹ he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: bûn-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunhoea
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bun²³⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² hue⁵³/

Noun

文火

slow fire; gentle heat
文火慢熬 ― wénhuǒ màn'áo ― to simmer over low heat

Synonyms

小火 (xiǎohuǒ)

Antonyms

武火 (wǔhuǒ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	火
ぶん Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶんか [búꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟̃ŋka̠]

Noun

文(ぶん)火(か) • (bunka) ^{←ぶんくわ (bunkwa)^?}

slow fire; gentle heat
Antonym: 武火 (buka)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “文火”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
文	火

Noun

文火 • (munhwa) (hangeul 문화)

hanja form^? of 문화

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NKD2-2] “文火”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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