# 水火
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuǐhuǒ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^2$ fo$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-hé / chúi-hér / chúi-hóe / chúi-hóⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐhuǒ [Phonetic: shuíhuǒ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuěihuǒ
*** Wade–Giles: shui$^3$-huo$^3$
*** Yale: shwěi-hwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeihuoo
*** Palladius: шуйхо (šujxo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^2$ fo$^2$
*** Yale: séui fó
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^2$ fo$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^2$ fo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hé
*** Tâi-lô: tsuí-hé
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hea
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hér
*** Tâi-lô: tsuí-hér
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hóe
*** Tâi-lô: tsuí-hué
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hoea
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hóⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsuí-hónn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hvor
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ̃⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
* Middle Chinese: sywijX xwaX
Rime :
| Character | 水 | 火 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 式軌切 | 呼果切 |
| Baxter | sywijX | xwaX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕˠiuɪ$^X$/ | /huɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕʷᵚi$^X$/ | /huɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiuɪ$^X$/ | /xuɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕjwi$^X$/ | /hwa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕjui$^X$/ | /xuɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕwi$^X$/ | /xuɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɕwi$^X$/ | /xuɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shuǐ | huǒ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seoi$^2$ | fo$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.turʔ [qʷʰ]ˤəjʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷljilʔ qʰʷaːlʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 水 | 火 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shuǐ | huǒ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sywij$^X$ › | ‹ xwa$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s.turʔ/ (E dialect: *-r > *-j) | /*[qʷʰ]ˁəjʔ/ |
| English | water; river | fire |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 水 | 火 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 11948 | 5540 |
| Phonetic component | 水 | 火 |
| Rime group | 脂 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 水 | 火 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰʷljilʔ/ | /*qʰʷaːlʔ/ |

### Noun

水火
* (literally) fire and water
* (figurative) opposites; diametrically opposing things
* (figurative) extreme misery; state of severe suffering

#### Derived terms

* 不通水火
* 勢同水火／势同水火
* 勢成水火／势成水火
* 如蹈水火
* 放水火
* 救民水火
* 有如水火
* 水火不容 (shuǐhuǒbùróng)
* 水火不辭／水火不辞
* 水火不避
* 水火夫
* 水火棍
* 水火無交／水火无交
* 水火無情／水火无情
* 水火爐／水火炉
* 水火籃兒／水火篮儿
* 眾怒如水火／众怒如水火
* 自相水火

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 水(す​い)火(か) (su​ika)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 水 | 火 |
| すい Grade: 1 | か Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) すいか [súꜜìkà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [sɨika̠]

### Noun

水(すい)火(か) • (suika)
* water and fire
    Synonym: 火水 (kasui; himizu)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN