過火

See also: 过火

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (過火)		過	火
simp. (过火)		过	火

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guòhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ fo²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-fó
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-hé / kèr-hér / kòe-hóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guòhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guòhuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-huo³
  - Yale: gwò-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohhuoo
  - Palladius: гохо (goxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo³ fo²
  - Yale: gwo fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo³ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ fɔː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-fó
  - Hakka Romanization System: go fo^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ fo³
  - Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ fo³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-hé
  - Tâi-lô: kè-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kea'hea
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-hér
  - Tâi-lô: kèr-hér
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: kuè-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koea'hoea
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴¹/

Adjective

過火

exaggerated; overdone; radical; extreme
(attributive) burned (during a conflagration)
過火面積／过火面积 ― guòhuǒ miànjī ― burned area

Synonyms

偏激 (piānjī) (thoughts, attitudes)
太甚 (tàishèn)
太過 / 太过 (tàiguò)
苦 (regional)
過分 / 过分 (guòfèn)
過度 / 过度 (guòdù)
過甚 / 过甚 (guòshèn) (literary)
過當 / 过当 (guòdàng)
過角 / 过角 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
過頭 / 过头 (guòtóu)

Verb

過火

to go too far
(Hakka, Hokkien) to overcook due to higher heat than needed
(Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to jump or run over burning straw, charcoal, or firewood (done as a traditional Spring Festival folk ritual)

Synonyms

(to jump or run over burning straw) 跳火堆 (tiàohuǒduī), 跳火群 (tiàohuǒqún), 燎疳; (Hokkien) 跳火圈, 跳火烰, 踏火