內火

Chinese

		inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (內火)		內	火
simp. (内火)		内	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nèihuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noi⁶ fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nèihuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nèihuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: nei⁴-huo³
    • Yale: nèi-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neyhuoo
    • Palladius: нэйхо (nɛjxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: noi⁶ fo²
    • Yale: noih fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noi⁶ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: noi⁶ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔːi̯²² fɔː³⁵/

Noun

內火

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) internal heat; endogenous heat
2. (literary) fervent desire; intense passion

Synonyms

• (internal heat (traditional Chinese medicine)):

• 心火 (xīnhuǒ)
• 火 (huǒ)
• 火氣／火气 (huǒqì)
• 烲／焎
• 熱氣／热气 (rèqì)
• 燒氣／烧气 (sio-khì) (Hokkien)
• 風火／风火 (Hokkien)

 

Verb

內火

1. (archaic) to prohibit fire