Meaning of 上火
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shànghuǒ
- to get angry
- to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
上火 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我们能赶上火车吗?
Can we catch the train?
你将无法赶上火车。
You won't be able to catch the train.
他们没赶上火车。
They missed the train.
他能赶上火车吗?
Will he be able to catch the train?
汤姆晚了三分钟,没赶上火车。
Tom missed his train by three minutes.
Stroke order for each character
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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Related words
Words that share a character with 上火.
| 马上 | mǎshàng | at once; right away |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 身上 | shēnshang | on the body; at hand |
| 早上 | zǎoshang | early morning |
| 上次 | shàng cì | last time |
| 路上 | lùshang | on the road; on the way; en route |
| 上班 | shàngbān | to go to work; to be on duty |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 上车 | shàng chē | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 地上 | dìshang | on the ground; on the floor |
| 楼上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 车上 | chē shang |
Questions about 上火
What does 上火 mean?
上火 (shànghuǒ) means "to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)".
How do you write 上火?
上火 is made of 2 characters: 上 (3 strokes), 火 (4 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.
Is 上火 an HSK word?
Yes. 上火 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.