Chinese Word Entry
中伏| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄓㄨㄥ ㄈㄨˊ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | zhōng fú |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | zung1 fuk6 |
| Definition: | last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏, three hottest periods of the year |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 中 | in, inside, middle, mean, center, central, in the midst of, hit (target), attain |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄨㄥ (zhōng), ㄓㄨㄥˋ (zhòng) |
| Cantonese: | zung1, zung3 |
| Japanese: | チュウ (chuu) / なか (naka)、 うち (uchi)、 あた.る (ataru) |
| Korean: | 중 (jung) |
| Vietnamese: | trung, trúng |
| 伏 | prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes), crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄈㄨˊ (fú), ㄈㄨˋ (fù) |
| Cantonese: | buk6, fuk6 |
| Japanese: | フク (fuku)、 フウ (fuu)、 ブク (buku) / ふ.せる (fuseru)、 ふ.す (fusu)、 したがう (shitagau) |
| Korean: | 복 (bog), 부 (bu) |
| Vietnamese: | phục |