Chinese word dictionary

肝火

gān huǒ · irascibility; irritability; (TCM) inflammation of the liver

Practice word

Word information

Simplified肝火

Traditional肝火

Pinyingān huǒ

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

肝gān

liver

火huǒ

fire

How to learn 肝火

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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火huǒ

fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86; surname Huo

着火zháohuǒ

to catch fire

火锅huǒguō

hotpot; (basketball) a blocked shot; a block

肝gān

liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]); (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy

火柴huǒchái

match (for lighting fire); CL:根[gen1],盒[he2]