降火

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (降火)		降	火
simp. #(降火)		降	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànghuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ fo²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): gang⁴ fo³
• Northern Min (KCR): ga̿ng-hǒ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànghuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànghuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-huo³
    • Yale: jyàng-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqhuoo
    • Palladius: цзянхо (czjanxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ fo²
    • Yale: gong fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ fɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gang⁴ fo³
    • Sinological IPA: /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ fo³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ga̿ng-hǒ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³ xo²¹/

Verb

降火

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to reduce internal heat

Synonyms

• 去火 (qùhuǒ)
• (Cantonese) 座火
• (Hokkien) 退火, 瀉火／泻火, 清火 (qīnghuǒ)

See also

• 上火 (shànghuǒ)
• 火氣／火气 (huǒqì)