火災

See also: 火灾

Chinese

 
fire; angry; fierce
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
disaster; calamity
trad. (火災)
simp. (火灾)

Pronunciation


Noun

火災

  1. fire (as a disaster); conflagration (Classifier: m)
    撲滅火災扑灭火灾   pūmiè huǒzāi   to extinguish a fire
    火災使用電梯 [MSC, trad.]
    火灾使用电梯 [MSC, simp.]
    Yù yǒu huǒzāi qǐng wù shǐyòng diàntī. [Pinyin]
    Do not use elevator in case of fire.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
さい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/kwasai//kasai/

From Middle Chinese compound 火災 (xwaX tsoj). Compare modern Mandarin reading huǒzāi.

Pronunciation

Noun

()(さい) • (kasai) くわさい (kwasai)?

  1. fire, conflagration (as in a disaster)
  2. (Buddhism) one of the three major calamities that destroy the world

Derived terms

References

  1. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

火災 • (hwajae) (hangeul 화재)

  1. Hanja form? of 화재 (fire (as a disaster), blaze, conflagration).
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