上火

上火

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (上火)		上	火
simp. #(上火)		上	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ fo²
• Jin (Wiktionary): son³ hue²
• Min Nan (POJ): chiūⁿ-hé / chiūⁿ-hóe / chiōⁿ-hóe / chiǔⁿ-hér
• Wu (Wiktionary): zaan hu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànghuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-huo³
    • Yale: shàng-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqhuoo
    • Palladius: шанхо (šanxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ fo²
    • Yale: séuhng fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ fɔː³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: son³ hue²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sɒ̃⁴⁵ xuɤ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-hé
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxhea
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiũ³³⁻¹¹ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiũ²²⁻²¹ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxhoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiũ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixhoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-hér
    • Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiũ²² hə⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zaan hu (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥ɑ̃²² hv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Verb

上火

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to suffer from excessive internal heat; to become inflamed; to have inflammation
2. (literary or Min Nan, dialectal Wu) to light (a fire); to ignite; to light up

   • 群臣百有餘人皆絕去其冠纓而上火，卒盡懽而罷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     群臣百有余人皆绝去其冠缨而上火，卒尽欢而罢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6

     Qúnchén bǎi yǒuyú rén jiē jué qù qí guānyīng ér shànghuǒ, zú jìn huān ér bà. [Pinyin]

     After more than 100 ministers removed the cords which held their headpieces in place, all of the candles were relit. All of the king's subjects were happy, and that was the end of it.

3. (dialectal Mandarin) to get angry

Synonyms

• (to suffer from excessive internal heat): (Wu, Xiang) 提火
• (to get angry):

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Synonyms of 上火

使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Min Nan) 使性子 (shǐ xìngzi) 使癖 (Min Nan) 大怒 (dànù) 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds) 威怒 (wēinù) (literary) 尥蹶子 (liàojuězi) 弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial) 忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary) 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds) 急 (jí) 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial) 戳火 (Jin) 火大 (huǒdà) 火癀 (Min Nan) 盛怒 (shèngnù) 起性 (Min Nan) 起性地 (Min Nan) 起火 (qǐhuǒ) 起花光 (Min Dong) 震怒 (zhènnù) 𡳞火 (Min Nan) 使氣／使气 (shǐqì) 使頸／使颈 (Cantonese) 冒煙／冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial) 動怒／动怒 (dòngnù)

受氣／受气 (siū-khì) (Min Nan) 惱怒／恼怒 (nǎonù) 惱火／恼火 (nǎohuǒ) 惹氣／惹气 (rěqì) 掛氣／挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal) 有氣／有气 (yǒuqì) 氣惱／气恼 (qìnǎo) 燒色／烧色 (Min Bei) 爆氣／爆气 犯脾氣／犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial) 生氣／生气 (shēngqì) 癀發／癀发 (Min Nan) 發呴／发呴 (Wu) 發性地／发性地 (Min Nan) 發火／发火 (fāhuǒ) 發癀／发癀 (Min Nan) 發老脾／发老脾 (Cantonese) 發脾四／发脾四 (Cantonese) 發脾氣／发脾气 (fā píqi) 發臉／发脸 (Min Nan) 發飆／发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial) 耍態度／耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial) 耍脾氣／耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi) 苦氣／苦气 (Min Nan) 見氣／见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Wu, Xiang) 鬧脾氣／闹脾气 (nào píqi)

Antonyms

• (to suffer from excessive internal heat):

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下火 (xiàhuǒ) (Cantonese) 去火 (qùhuǒ) 座火 (zo6 fo2) (Cantonese) 清心 (qīngxīn) 清火 (qīnghuǒ) (Min Nan)

退火 (tuìhuǒ) (Min Nan) 降火 (jiànghuǒ) 敗火／败火 (bàihuǒ) 清熱／清热 (qīngrè) 瀉火／泻火 (Min Nan)

See also

• (to suffer from excessive internal heat):

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心火 (xīnhuǒ) 火 (huǒ) 烲／焎 (xiè) 內火／内火 (nèihuǒ)

火氣／火气 (huǒqì) 熱氣／热气 (rèqì) 燒氣／烧气 (sio-khì) (Min Nan) 風火／风火 (fēnghuǒ) (Min Nan)