瀉火

Chinese

		to flow (out) swiftly; diarrhoea	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (瀉火)		瀉	火
simp. (泻火)		泻	火

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sià-hér / sià-hé / sià-hóe / sià-hóⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sià-hér
    • Tâi-lô: sià-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sià-hé
    • Tâi-lô: sià-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siarhea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sia²¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sià-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: sià-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siarhoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sia²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sià-hóⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sià-hónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siarhvor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

瀉火

1. (Southern Min, traditional Chinese medicine) to reduce the internal heat (of one's body)

Synonyms

• (to reduce 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)
• 清熱／清热 (qīngrè)
• 退火 (Hokkien)
• 降火 (jiànghuǒ)