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心火

心火

Chinese

		heart; mind	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
simp. and trad. (心火)		心	火

Noun

心火

(TCM) internal heat, symptoms of which include mental uneasiness, thirst, rapid pulse, etc.
hidden anger or annoyance; pent-up fury or worries

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xīnhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ fo²
Min Nan (POJ): sim-hér / sim-hé / sim-hóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xīnhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinhuoo
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ fo²
  - Yale: sām fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ fo²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-hér
  - Tâi-lô: sim-hér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕim³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-hé
  - Tâi-lô: sim-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simhea
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sim-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: sim-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: simhoea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/