# 鬼火
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guǐhuǒ
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai$^2$ fo$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'gui$^3$ fo$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kúi-fó
* Jin (Wiktionary): gui$^2$ hue$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-hé
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guǐhuǒ [Phonetic: guíhuǒ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guěihuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^3$-huo$^3$
*** Yale: gwěi-hwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeihuoo
*** Palladius: гуйхо (gujxo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guǐhuǒr [Phonetic: guíhuǒr]
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guěihuǒr
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^3$-huo$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: gwěi-hwǒr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeihuool
*** Palladius: гуйхор (gujxor)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^2$ fo$^2$
*** Yale: gwái fó
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^2$ fo$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^2$ fo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'gui$^3$ fo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈkui²¹³⁻²⁴ fo²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kúi-fó
*** Hakka Romanization System: gui$^ˋ$ fo$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gui$^3$ fo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯i³¹ fo³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: gui$^2$ hue$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuei⁵³⁻¹¹ xuɤ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-hé
*** Tâi-lô: kuí-hé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuy'hea
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/

### Noun

鬼火
* will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus (Classifier: 團／团 m)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鬼火 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 磷火, 鬼火 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鬼火兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 磷火, 鬼火 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鬼燈籠兒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鬼火 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鬼火 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鬼打燈, 鬼火 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鬼火 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鬼火 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鬼火 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鬼火 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鬼仔火, 鬼火 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鬼火 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鬼燈 |

### Compounds

* 鬼火咁靚／鬼火咁靓

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 鬼 | 火 |
| おに Grade: S | ひ > び Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

Compound of 鬼 (oni, “ghost, devil”) +‎ 火 (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おにび [òníꜜbì] (Nakadaka –)
* (Tokyo) おにび [òníbí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [o̞ɲ̟ibʲi]

### Noun

鬼(おに)火(び) • (onibi)
* a will o' the wisp
    Synonyms: 狐火 (kitsunebi), 陰火 (inka), 幽霊火 (yūreibi), 野火 (yaka)

### Proper noun

鬼(おに)火(び) • (Onibi)
* short for 鬼火焚 (Onibitaki), a fire matsuri (Japanese festival) held around Kyūshū on 7 (in some places, 14) January

#### Synonyms

* (January fire festivals, not just in Kyūshū):
** 左義長(さぎちょう) (Sagichō), 三毬杖(さぎちょう) (Sagichō)
** 道祖土焼(さいとやき) (Saitoyaki), 塞灯焼(さいとやき) (Saitoyaki)
** どんど (Dondo)
** どんどやき (Dondoyaki)
** どんどんやき (Dondon'Yaki)
* (fire festival in general): 火祭(ひまつ)り (himatsuri)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 鬼 | 火 |

### Noun

鬼火 • (gwihwa) (hangeul 귀화)
* hanja form of 귀화