去火

Chinese

		to go; to leave; to remove	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (去火)		去	火
simp. #(去火)		去	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qùhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qu⁴ ho³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi³ fo²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khì-hé / khìr-hér / khì-hóe / khù-hé

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ke³huê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qùhuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyùhuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü⁴-huo³
    • Yale: chyù-hwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuhhuoo
    • Palladius: цюйхо (cjujxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qu⁴ ho³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kyxo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹³ xo⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi³ fo²
    • Yale: heui fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey³ fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu³ fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³³ fɔː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-hé
    • Tâi-lô: khì-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie'hea
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khìr-hér
    • Tâi-lô: khìr-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: khì-hué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie'hoea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ hue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khù-hé
    • Tâi-lô: khù-hé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quo'hea
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ he⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ke³huê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳ3hué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɯ²¹³⁻⁵⁵hue⁵²/

Verb

去火

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to reduce internal heat
2. (literary) to remove an ignition source
3. (literary, figurative) to remove the root of a problem

Synonyms

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

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