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
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): song¹ fo³
• Jin (Wiktionary): son³ hue²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-hé / chiūⁿ-hóe / chiōⁿ-hóe / chiǔⁿ-hér
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zaon-hu

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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 xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ fo²
    • Yale: séuhng fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ fɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: song¹ fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ fo³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: son³ hue²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sɒ̃⁴⁵ xuɤ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-hé
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxhea
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxhoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ hue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixhoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-hér
    • Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² hə⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zaon-hu
    • MiniDict: zaon^去 hu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zaan-hu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɑ̃²² hu⁴⁴/

Verb

上火

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to suffer from excessive internal heat; to become inflamed; to have inflammation
2. (literary or Southern Min, 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): (Cantonese) 熱氣／热气; (Teochew) 浮火; (Wu, Xiang) 提火
• (to get angry):

• 使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Hokkien)
• 使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
• 使氣／使气 (shǐqì)
• 使癖 (Hokkien)
• 使頸／使颈 (sai² geng²) (Cantonese)
• 冒煙／冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)
• 動怒／动怒 (dòngnù)
• 受氣／受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien)
• 嗔怒 (chēnnù)
• 大怒 (dànù)
• 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
• 尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
• 𡳞火 (Hokkien, vulgar)
• 弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
• 忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
• 急 (jí)
• 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
• 惱怒／恼怒 (nǎonù)
• 惹氣／惹气 (rěqì)
• 惱火／恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
• 戳火 (cuah⁴ hue²) (Jin)
• 掛氣／挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
• 暴怒 (bàonù) (to explode in anger)
• 有氣／有气 (yǒuqì)
• 氣／气
• 氣惱／气恼 (qìnǎo)
• 火大 (huǒdà)
• 火癀 (Hokkien)
• 燒色／烧色 (chiáu-să̤) (Northern Min)
• 爆氣／爆气
• 犯脾氣／犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
• 狂怒 (kuángnù) (to explode in anger)
• 生氣／生气 (shēngqì)
• 癀發／癀发 (Hokkien)
• 發呴／发呴 (⁷faq ¹heu) (Wu)
• 發性地／发性地 (Hokkien)
• 發火／发火 (fāhuǒ)
• 發癀／发癀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 發老脾／发老脾 (faat³ lou⁵ pei^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 發脾四／发脾四 (faat³ pei⁴ sei³) (Cantonese)
• 發脾氣／发脾气 (fā píqi)
• 發臉／发脸 (Hokkien)
• 發輦／发辇 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 發飆／发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
• 盛怒 (shèngnù)
• 耍態度／耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
• 耍脾氣／耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
• 苦氣／苦气 (Hokkien)
• 見氣／见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang, Pingxiang Gan)
• 起性 (Hokkien)
• 起性地 (Hokkien)
• 起火
• 起花光 (kī-huă-guŏng) (Eastern Min)
• 震怒 (zhènnù)
• 鬧脾氣／闹脾气 (nào píqi)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to suffer from excessive internal heat”):

• 下火 (haa⁶ fo²) (Cantonese)
• 去火 (qùhuǒ)
• 座火 (zo6 fo2) (Cantonese)
• 敗火／败火 (bàihuǒ)
• 清心 (qīngxīn)
• 清火 (Hokkien)
• 清熱／清热 (qīngrè)
• 瀉火／泻火 (Hokkien)
• 退火 (Hokkien)
• 降火 (jiànghuǒ)

 

See also

• (to suffer from excessive internal heat):

• 內火／内火 (nèihuǒ)
• 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)