上火 meaning in English

shànghuǒ

to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)

HSK 7-97 strokes

Meaning of 上火

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

上火 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men能néng赶gǎn上shàng火huǒ车chē吗ma?
Can we catch the train?
你nǐ将jiāng无wú法fǎ赶gǎn上shàng火huǒ车chē。
You won't be able to catch the train.
他tā们men没méi赶gǎn上shàng火huǒ车chē。
They missed the train.
他tā能néng赶gǎn上shàng火huǒ车chē吗ma?
Will he be able to catch the train?
汤tāng姆mǔ晚wǎn了le三sān分fēn钟zhōng,没méi赶gǎn上shàng火huǒ车chē。
Tom missed his train by three minutes.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

上 shàng · up · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 上火.

马上mǎshàngat once; right away
晚上wǎnshangevening; night
身上shēnshangon the body; at hand
早上zǎoshangearly morning
上次shàng cìlast time
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
上班shàngbānto go to work; to be on duty
火车huǒchētrain
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上dìshangon the ground; on the floor
楼上lóu shàngupstairs; (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.