放火燒

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Chinese

Etymology 1

		to set on fire, specifically to commit arson	to burn
trad. (放火燒)		放火	燒
simp. (放火烧)		放火	烧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fànghuǒshāo

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fànghuǒshāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fànghuǒshao
  - Wade–Giles: fang⁴-huo³-shao¹
  - Yale: fàng-hwǒ-shāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqhuooshau
  - Palladius: фанхошао (fanxošao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Verb

放火燒

(transitive) to torch (something); to intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire

Etymology 2

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	conflagration
trad. (放火燒)		放	火燒
simp. (放火烧)		放	火烧

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): páng-hé-sio / páng-hóe-sio

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: páng-hé-sio
  - Tâi-lô: páng-hé-sio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pafnghefsioy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /paŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sio⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /paŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ he⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sio³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: páng-hóe-sio
  - Tâi-lô: páng-hué-sio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pafnghoefsioy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sio⁴⁴/

Verb

放⫽火燒 (verb-object)

(Southern Min, intransitive) to set on fire; to commit arson

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 放火 (“to set on fire; to commit arson”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		放火, 縱火
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	放火
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	放火
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	放火
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	放火
Cantonese	Hong Kong	放火
Gan	Nanchang	放火
Gan	Lichuan	放火
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	放火
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	放火
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	放火
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	放火
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	放火
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	放火
Southern Min	Xiamen	放火, 放火燒
	Quanzhou	放火, 放火燒
	Jinjiang	放火, 放火燒
	Zhangzhou	放火, 放火燒
	Taipei	放火, 放火燒
	Kaohsiung	放火, 放火燒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放火, 放火燒
	Manila (Hokkien)	放火, 放火燒

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