上火

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Verb

上火

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