# 電火
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): diànhuǒ
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): en$^5$ fo$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thien-fó
    (Hailu, HRS): tien$^˖$ fo$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tiên$^4$ fo$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-hé / tiān-hér / tiān-hóe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): diêng$^6$ huê$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diànhuǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diànhuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: tien$^4$-huo$^3$
*** Yale: dyàn-hwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannhuoo
*** Palladius: дяньхо (djanʹxo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: en$^5$ fo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /en³² fᵘɔ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-fó
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien fo$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tian$^4$ fo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ fo³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien$^˖$ fo$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰien³³ fo²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tiên$^4$ fo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ fo³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-hé
*** Tâi-lô: tiān-hé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diexnhea
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² he⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ he⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ he⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-hér
*** Tâi-lô: tiān-hér
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² hə⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Changtai, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-hóe
*** Tâi-lô: tiān-hué
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diexnhoea
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Changtai): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
*** IPA (Zhangpu): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ huɛ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ hue⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: diêng$^6$ huê$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiĕng hué
*** Sinological IPA : /tieŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ hue⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: denH xwaX
Rime :
| Character | 電 | 火 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV | I |
| Fanqie | 堂練切 | 呼果切 |
| Baxter | denH | xwaX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /den$^H$/ | /huɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /den$^H$/ | /huɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛn$^H$/ | /xuɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛn$^H$/ | /hwa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /den$^H$/ | /xuɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /dien$^H$/ | /xuɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱien$^H$/ | /xuɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | diàn | huǒ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | din$^6$ | fo$^2$ |

### Noun

電火
* (literary) lightning flash
* (literary) spark generating by discharging electricity
* (chiefly Taishanese, Hakka, Southern Min) light; lamp
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) flashlight; torch

#### Synonyms

* (lamp): 電燈／电灯 (diàndēng); (Northern Min) 電光／电光, 電光火／电光火
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 手電筒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 手電筒, 手電, 電棒兒, 手電棒兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 手電筒, 電筒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 電棒兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 手電筒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 電把兒, 電棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 電棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 電棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 電棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 電棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 電棒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 電棒子, 手電 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 電棒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 電棒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 電棒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 電棒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 電棒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 電棒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 電棒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 電棒兒, 電筒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 手電 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 手電 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 手電, 電棒子, 電棒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 發納里 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 手電 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 手電 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 電把子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 電棒, 手電筒, 電筒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 電棒, 手電筒, 電筒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 電筒, 手電 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 電筒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 手電筒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 手電筒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 手電筒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 電筒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 手電筒, 電筒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 手電筒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 電筒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 電筒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 手電筒, 手電, 電火 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 手電筒 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 手電筒 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 手電筒 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 電筒 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 電筒 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 手電筒 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 手電筒 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 手電 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 電筒, 手電 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 電筒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 手電 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 電筒 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 電火 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 手電筒, 手電仔, 手電筒仔, 懷中電燈 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 電池仔, 手電筒仔, 懷中電燈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 手電, 手電筒, 手電筒仔, 懷中電燈 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手電, 手電筒, 懷中電燈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 手電筒, 手電, 手擎仔, 懷中電燈 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 手電, 懷中電燈 |
| Hakka | Senai (Hepo) | 手電筒 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 電火, 電筒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 電棒子, 電棒, 手電, 電筒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 電棒兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 手電, 手電筒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 手電, 手電筒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 手電 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 手電 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 手電 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 手電 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 手電 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 手電 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 手電 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 手電 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 手電 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 手電 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 手電 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 手電, 電火 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 電火 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 手電 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 手電仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 手電仔, 手電 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 手電, 手電仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 手電火, 手電仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 手電仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 手電仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 手電, 手燈仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 手電仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 手電 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 手電 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 手電 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 手電 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 手電 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 電火, 手電 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 手電 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 手燈 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 手電 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 手電 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 電筒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 手電筒, 電筒 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 電筒, 手電筒 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 電筒 |
| Wu | Danyang | 手電筒, 電筒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 電筒, 手電筒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 電光燈, 電筒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 手電筒, 電筒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 電筒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 電亮, 手電筒, 手電 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 手電, 電光 |

#### Derived terms

* 電火柱 / 电火柱
* 電火線 / 电火线
* 電火花 / 电火花