三伏

Chinese

		three	conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit
simp. and trad. (三伏)		三	伏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ fuk⁶
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sam¹ fug⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-ho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanfú
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-fu²
    • Yale: sān-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanfwu
    • Palladius: саньфу (sanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ fuk⁶
    • Yale: sāam fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sam¹ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sam⁴⁴ fʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-ho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sam-ho̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samhok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ hɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/

Noun

三伏

1. three fu (three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: 初伏 in mid-July, 中伏 (zhōngfú) in late July to early August and 末伏 in mid-August)
2. the third fu

Derived terms

• 三伏潭 (Sānfútán)