清熱

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	heat; to heat up; fervent heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
trad. (清熱)		清	熱
simp. (清热)		清	热

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngrè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄖㄜˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cing¹ jit⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ten¹ nget⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngrè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄖㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingrè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-jê⁴
    • Yale: chīng-rè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingreh
    • Palladius: цинжэ (cinžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʐɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ jit⁶
    • Yale: chīng yiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ jit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ jiːt̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ten¹ nget⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰen³³ ᵑɡet̚³²/

Verb

清熱

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to clear heat; to relieve inflammation

Synonyms

• (to clear internal heat (traditional Chinese medicine)):

• 下火 (haa⁶ fo²) (Cantonese)
• 去火 (qùhuǒ)
• 座火 (zo6 fo2) (Cantonese)
• 敗火／败火 (bàihuǒ)
• 清心 (qīngxīn)
• 清火 (Hokkien)
• 瀉火／泻火 (Hokkien)
• 退火 (Hokkien)
• 降火 (jiànghuǒ)

 

Derived terms

• 清熱解毒／清热解毒 (qīngrèjiědú)