炎上

Chinese

flame; inflammation; ‑itis
 
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (炎上)
simp. #(炎上)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 炎上(えんじょう) (enjō).

Pronunciation


Noun

炎上

  1. (neologism, Internet slang, of a topic) drawing intense debate; roast; receiving heated criticism

Verb

炎上

  1. (neologism, Internet slang, of a topic or a person) to draw intense debate; to receive heated criticism

Japanese

Kanji in this term
えん
Grade: S
じょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

(えん)(じょう) (enjō) 

  1. going up in flames, to be consumed in flames (especially for a building)
  2. (Internet) of a topic, receiving immense amounts of negative attention

Verb

(えん)(じょう)する (enjō suru) intransitive suru (stem (えん)(じょう) (enjō shi), past (えん)(じょう)した (enjō shita))

  1. to go up in flames, to be destroyed by fire
  2. (Internet) of a topic, to receive immense amounts of negative attention; roast
  3. (baseball) of a pitcher, to have the opposite team score a lot

Conjugation

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