炎上

Chinese

		flame; inflammation; ‑itis	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (炎上)		炎	上
simp. #(炎上)		炎	上

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 炎上(えんじょう) (enjō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánshàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ soeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánshàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánshàng
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-shang⁴
    • Yale: yán-shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshanq
    • Palladius: яньшан (janʹšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ soeng⁶
    • Yale: yìhm seuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ soeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ sêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ sœːŋ²²/

Noun

炎上

1. (neologism, Internet slang, of a topic) drawing intense debate; roast; receiving heated criticism

Verb

炎上

1. (neologism, Internet slang, of a topic or a person) to draw intense debate; to receive heated criticism

Japanese

Kanji in this term
炎	上
えん Grade: S	じょう Grade: 1
on'yomi	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんじょー [èńjóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

炎(えん)上(じょう) • (enjō) ^{←えんじやう (enzyau)?}

1. going up in flames, to be consumed in flames (especially for a building)
2. (Internet, of a topic) receiving immense amounts of negative attention; being the center of drama and controversy

Verb

炎(えん)上(じょう)する • (enjō suru) ^{←えんじやう (enzyau)?}intransitive suru (stem 炎(えん)上(じょう)し (enjō shi), past 炎(えん)上(じょう)した (enjō shita))

1. to go up in flames, to be destroyed by fire
2. (Internet, of a topic), to receive immense amounts of negative attention; roast
3. (baseball, of a pitcher) to have the opposite team score a lot

Conjugation

Conjugation of "炎上する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	炎上し	えんじょうし	enjō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	炎上し	えんじょうし	enjō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	炎上する	えんじょうする	enjō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	炎上する	えんじょうする	enjō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	炎上すれ	えんじょうすれ	enjō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	炎上せよ¹ 炎上しろ²	えんじょうせよ¹ えんじょうしろ²	enjō seyo¹ enjō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	炎上される	えんじょうされる	enjō sareru
Causative	炎上させる 炎上さす	えんじょうさせる えんじょうさす	enjō saseru enjō sasu
Potential	炎上できる	えんじょうできる	enjō dekiru
Volitional	炎上しよう	えんじょうしよう	enjō shiyō
Negative	炎上しない	えんじょうしない	enjō shinai
Negative continuative	炎上せず	えんじょうせず	enjō sezu
Formal	炎上します	えんじょうします	enjō shimasu
Perfective	炎上した	えんじょうした	enjō shita
Conjunctive	炎上して	えんじょうして	enjō shite
Hypothetical conditional	炎上すれば	えんじょうすれば	enjō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “炎上”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026