上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ divination 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
上火
shànghuǒ
to suffer from internal heat; to get inflamed
Characters in this word
火 huǒ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 连续熬夜又吃辛辣食物，他很快就上火，嗓子也开始疼。 Liánxù áoyè yòu chī xīnlà shíwù, tā hěn kuài jiù shànghuǒ, sǎngzi yě kāishǐ téng. After staying up late repeatedly and eating spicy food, he quickly developed internal heat and his throat started to hurt.
- 秋天干燥，多喝水，不然容易上火。 Qiūtiān gānzào, duō hē shuǐ, bùrán róngyì shànghuǒ. Autumn is dry; drink more water, otherwise it's easy to develop internal heat.
- 这几天嘴上长泡，妈妈说我又上火了。 Zhè jǐ tiān zuǐshang zhǎng pào, māma shuō wǒ yòu shànghuǒ le. These past few days I've got blisters on my lips; Mom says I've developed internal heat again.
Related words
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上班 shàngbān to go to work
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 上课 shàngkè to attend class, to start class