心火

Chinese

		heart; mind	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (心火)		心	火
simp. #(心火)		心	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ fo²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing¹ hor³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sim-hér / sim-hé / sim-hóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-huo³
    • Yale: syīn-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinhuoo
    • Palladius: синьхо (sinʹxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 心火 薪火

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ fo²
    • Yale: sām fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sing¹ hor³ [Phonetic: sing⁵ mor³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sing-hô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(h-)mɒ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sing¹ hor³ [Phonetic: sing⁵ mor³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(h-)mɒ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-hér
    • Tâi-lô: sim-hér
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sim³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-hé
    • Tâi-lô: sim-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simhea
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: sim-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: simhoea
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/

Noun

心火

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) internal heat, symptoms of which include mental uneasiness, thirst, rapid pulse, etc.
2. hidden anger or annoyance; pent-up fury or worries

Synonyms

• (internal heat (traditional Chinese medicine)):

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• 內火 / 内火 (nèihuǒ)
• 火 (huǒ)
• 火氣 / 火气 (huǒqì)
• 烲 / 焎
• 熱氣 / 热气 (rèqì)
• 燒氣 / 烧气 (sio-khì) (Hokkien)
• 風火 / 风火 (Hokkien)

References

• “心火”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “心火”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 496.