Chinese Word Entry
二伏| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄦˋ ㄈㄨˊ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | èr fú |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | ji6 fuk6 |
| Definition: | same as 中伏, 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
| 二 | two, two radical (no. 7), twice |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄦˋ (èr) |
| Cantonese: | ji6 |
| Japanese: | ニ (ni)、 ジ (ji) / ふた (futa)、 ふた.つ (futatsu)、 ふたたび (futatabi) |
| Korean: | 이 (i) |
| Vietnamese: | nhị, nhì |
| 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 |