# 火藥
## Chinese

* 火藥

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huǒyào
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fo$^2$ joek$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fó-yo̍k
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hé-io̍h / hér-io̍h / hóe-io̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huê$^2$ iêh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$hu-yaq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huǒyào
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huǒyào
*** Wade–Giles: huo$^3$-yao$^4$
*** Yale: hwǒ-yàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooyaw
*** Palladius: хояо (xojao)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fo$^2$ joek$^6$
*** Yale: fó yeuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fo$^2$ joek$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fo$^2$ yêg$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔː³⁵ jœːk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-yo̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: fo$^ˋ$ iog
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fo$^3$ yog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ i̯ok̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-yo̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: fo$^ˋ$ (r)iog
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fo$^3$ yog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ (j)i̯ok̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-io̍h
*** Tâi-lô: hé-io̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hefioih
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ioʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-io̍h
*** Tâi-lô: hér-io̍h
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ioʔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-io̍h
*** Tâi-lô: hué-io̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoefioih
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɤʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ioʔ¹²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huê$^2$ iêh$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué ie̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ ieʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$hu-yaq
*** MiniDict: hu$^去$ yah
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$hu-hhiaq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hu³³ ɦiaʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

火藥
* gunpowder
       Zhōngguórén fāmíng le zhǐnánzhēn, huǒyào, zàozhǐ hé yìnshuāshù, bèi chēng zhī wéi Zhōngguó Sì Dà Fāmíng. [Pinyin]
       The Chinese invented the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing. They are known as the Four Great Chinese Inventions.
* (dialectal Hakka, dialectal Wu) match (for lighting candles, cigars, etc.)

#### Synonyms

* (gunpowder): 藥頭／药头 (yàotóu), 槍藥／枪药 (qiāngyào); (Hakka, Teochew) 銃藥／铳药
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 火柴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 火柴, 洋火, 取燈兒, 洋取燈兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 火柴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 火柴, 洋火兒, 煙火兒, 起燈兒 dated, 吱拉火兒 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 洋火 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 火柴 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 洋火兒 dated |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 火柴, 洋火 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 洋火兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 洋火兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 洋火, 取燈子 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 火柴, 洋火兒 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 洋火, 火柴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 火柴, 洋火 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 火柴, 洋火 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 洋火 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 火柴, 洋火, 火取子 dated |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 洋火 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 洋火兒, 火柴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 火柴, 洋火, 火草 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 洋火, 火柴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 火柴, 洋火 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 洋火 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 火柴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 火柴, 洋火 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kokang | 洋火 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 洋火絲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 洋火絲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 火柴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 洋火 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 洋火, 火柴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 洋火, 火柴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 洋火 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 火柴, 洋火 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 洋火 dated |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 自來火 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 火柴 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 火柴 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 火柴, 洋火 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 洋火 |
| Gan | Jianning | 洋火 |
| Gan | Taining | 洋火 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 火柴, 自來火 dated |
| Hakka | Xingning | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 自來火 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 洋火 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Pinghe (Jiufeng) | 自來火 |
| Hakka | Changting | 自來火, 洋火 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 洋火 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 洋火 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 自來火, 洋火 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 自來火 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 洋火, 自來火, 火樵 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 火藥 |
| Hakka | Qingliu | 洋火 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 自來火, 洋火 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 自來火 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 火藥 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 自落火 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 捽來火, 番仔火, 捽仔火, 自來火 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 捽來火, 番仔火 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 番火, 番仔火, 自來火 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 番火 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 番火, 番仔火 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 番子火 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 火柴 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 火捽 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 火柴, 洋火 dated |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 火柴, 洋火 dated |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 火柴, 洋火 dated |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 洋取燈, 洋取燈兒, 洋火 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 洋取燈子, 取燈子, 洋火柴, 火柴 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 番仔火 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 洋火 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 自來火 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 洋火 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 番鬼火 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 自來火 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 自來火 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 洋火 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 番囝火, 洋火, 番火 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 自來火, 洋火 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 自來火 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 自來火, 洋火 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 番囝火 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 洋火 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 洋火 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 火爍 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 洋火 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 洋火 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 洋火 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 洋火 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 火涿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 柴火 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 番囝火 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 番仔火, 火擦, 火拭, 火揭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 火拭 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 番仔火, 火擦, 火揭 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 火擦, 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 火擦 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 火擦, 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 火擦 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 火擦, 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 火拭, 番囝火 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 番囝火, 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 番仔火, 火揭, 火揭仔, 火刀揭仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 番仔火, 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 番仔火, 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 番仔火, 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 番仔火, 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 火拭仔, 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 番仔火, 火劃仔, 火擦仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 火拭 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 火擦 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 洋火 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 番仔火 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 自來火 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 火柴, 自來火 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Fengshun (Liuhuang) | 自來火 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 火柴 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 火擦 in villages, 番鬼火 dated |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 火刮, 火擦 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 火挩 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 火拭 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 硫磺籤 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 洋火, 自來火 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 番仔火 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 自打火, 洋火 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 鬼子火 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 洋火 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 洋火 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 洋火 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 洋火 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 火柴 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 火柴, 洋火 dated |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Xinxu) | 火柴 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 自來火 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 自來火, 洋火 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 自來火 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 自來火, 洋火 |
| Wu | Danyang | 洋火 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 洋火 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 自來火, 洋火 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 自來火, 自來燭, 峙燎火 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 洋火, 火柴 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 火藥 |
| Wu | Pucheng | 洋火 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 火柴, 洋火 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 火柴, 洋火, 硝藥 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 火柴, 洋火 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 洋火, 火柴 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 火柴 |

#### Derived terms

* 火藥味 / 火药味 (huǒyàowèi)
* 火藥庫 / 火药库
* 火藥桶 / 火药桶 (huǒyàotǒng)
* 無煙火藥 / 无烟火药 (wúyān huǒyào)
* 黑色火藥 / 黑色火药 (hēisè huǒyào)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 火(か)薬(やく) (kayaku)
* → Korean: 화약(火藥) (hwayak)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 火 | 藥 |
| か Grade: 1 | やく Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 火藥 – see the following entry. :
| 【火薬かやく】 | [noun] gunpowder |
(This term, 火藥, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 火 | 藥 |

### Noun

火藥 • (hwayak) (hangeul 화약)
* hanja form of 화약 (“gunpowder”)