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) | 炎 | 上 | |
| simp. #(炎上) | 炎 | 上 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 炎上 (enjō).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yánshàng
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yánshàng
- Wade–Giles: yen2-shang4
- Yale: yán-shàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshanq
- Palladius: яньшан (janʹšan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jim4 soeng6
- Yale: yìhm seuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim4 soeng6
- Guangdong Romanization: yim4 sêng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːm²¹ sœːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
炎上
Verb
炎上
- (neologism, Internet slang, of a topic or a person) to draw intense debate; to receive heated criticism
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 炎 | 上 |
| えん Grade: S |
じょう Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | goon |
Pronunciation
Noun
- going up in flames, to be consumed in flames (especially for a building)
- (Internet, of a topic) receiving immense amounts of negative attention; being the center of drama and controversy
Verb
炎上する • (enjō suru) ←えんじやう (enzyau)?intransitive suru (stem 炎上し (enjō shi), past 炎上した (enjō shita))
- to go up in flames, to be destroyed by fire
- (Internet, of a topic), to receive immense amounts of negative attention; roast
- (baseball, of a pitcher) to have the opposite team score a lot
Conjugation
Conjugation of "炎上する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 炎上し | えんじょうし | enjō shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 炎上し | えんじょうし | enjō shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 炎上する | えんじょうする | enjō suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 炎上する | えんじょうする | enjō suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 炎上すれ | えんじょうすれ | enjō sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 炎上せよ¹ 炎上しろ² |
えんじょうせよ¹ えんじょうしろ² |
enjō seyo¹ enjō shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 炎上される | えんじょうされる | enjō sareru | |
| Causative | 炎上させる 炎上さす |
えんじょうさせる えんじょうさす |
enjō saseru enjō sasu | |
| Potential | 炎上できる | えんじょうできる | enjō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 炎上しよう | えんじょうしよう | enjō shiyō | |
| Negative | 炎上しない | えんじょうしない | enjō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 炎上せず | えんじょうせず | enjō sezu | |
| Formal | 炎上します | えんじょうします | enjō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 炎上した | えんじょうした | enjō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 炎上して | えんじょうして | enjō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 炎上すれば | えんじょうすれば | enjō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN