霍霍

Chinese

		quickly	quickly
trad. (霍霍)		霍	霍
simp. #(霍霍)		霍	霍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huòhuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fok³ fok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huòhuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huòhuò
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴-huo⁴
    • Yale: hwò-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huohhuoh
    • Palladius: хохо (xoxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fok³ fok³
    • Yale: fok fok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fok⁸ fok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fog³ fog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːk̚³ fɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: xwak xwak

Rime
Character	霍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	虚郭切
Baxter	xwak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwak̚/
Li Rong	/xuɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xuɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fok3

Interjection

霍霍

1. the sound made by sharpening a knife

   • 小弟聞姊來，磨刀霍霍向豬羊。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     小弟闻姊来，磨刀霍霍向猪羊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Ballad of Mulan

     Xiǎodì wén zǐ lái, módāo huòhuò xiàng zhū yáng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Adjective

霍霍

1. sparkling