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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