上
火

To get angry in Chinese: 上火 (shàng huǒ)

shàng huǒ

to get angry

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to get angry
  2. 2to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)

Stroke order

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上
火

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨㄛˇ

huǒ

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 吃太多辣的容易上火。

    chī tài duō là de róng yì shàng huǒ。

    Eating too much spicy food easily causes internal heat.

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Related words

上

shàng

(bound form) up

火

huǒ

fire

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

上网

shàng wǎng

to go online

火柴

huǒ chái

match (for lighting fire)

上当

shàng dàng

taken in (by sb's deceit)

车上

chē shàng

Car

地上

dì shang

on the ground

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