清火

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
simp. and trad. (清火)		清	火

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): chheng-hér / chheng-hé / chheng-hóe

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-hér
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-hér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-hé
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-hé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhenghea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhenghoea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³/

Verb

清火

(Mainland China Hokkien) to be free from worry; to be carefree; to be free from all anxieties
(Taiwanese Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) to reduce the internal heat (of one's body)

Synonyms

(to reduce the internal heat): 去火 (qùhuǒ); (Min Nan) 退火, 瀉火／泻火

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