紅頭火柴

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	head; (noun suffix)	match
trad. (紅頭火柴)		紅	頭	火柴
simp. (红头火柴)		红	头	火柴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngtóu huǒchái

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ tau⁴ fo² caai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngtóu huǒchái
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngtóu huǒchái
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-tʻou² huo³-chʻai²
  - Yale: húng-tóu hwǒ-chái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngtour huoochair
  - Palladius: хунтоу хочай (xuntou xočaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung⁴ tau⁴ fo² caai⁴
  - Yale: hùhng tàuh fó chàaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ tau⁴ fo² tsaai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ teo⁴ fo² cai⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ fɔː³⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/

Noun

紅頭火柴

(literal) red-tip match (fire-starter)
- 2003, 錢乃榮, quoting Albert Bourgeois, 北部吳語研究, 上海大學出版社, page 150:
  
  王先生出去以後，他的太太吃了一包紅頭火柴自殺。 [MSC, trad.]
  王先生出去以后，他的太太吃了一包红头火柴自杀。 [MSC, simp.]
  Wáng xiānsheng chūqù yǐhòu, tā de tàitài chīle yībāo hóngtóu huǒchái zìshā. [Pinyin]
  After Mr. Wang left, his wife committed suicide by eating a pack of red-tip matches.
(figurative) someone who is hotheaded

Synonyms

(match): (Wu) 紅頭自來火

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