# 上火 (shànghuǒ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 上火 (shànghuǒ) means “to suffer from internal heat; to get angry”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to suffer from internal heat; to get angry
- Pinyin: shànghuǒ (shang4 huo3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 油炸食品吃多了容易上火。
  Yóuzhá shípǐn chī duō le róngyì shànghuǒ.
  Eating too much fried food easily causes internal heat.

## Characters

- [上](https://hanziro.com/word/shang-up/) (shàng): up; above
- [火](https://hanziro.com/word/huo-fire/) (huǒ): fire; urgent

https://hanziro.com/word/shang-huo-suffer-from-internal/

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