三伏

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sānfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄈㄨˊ

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): sànfůq

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ fuk⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sâm-fu̍k

  (Hailu, HRS): sam^ˋ fug^ˋ

  (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/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: sànfůq
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): san¹ fuq⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sã³¹ fuʔ⁵/
• 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
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-fu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ fug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ fuk̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˋ fug^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /sam⁵³ fuk²/
  • (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
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ hɔk̚²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/
    • Sinological 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

• 三伏天 (sānfútiān)
• 三伏潭 (Sānfútán)

Further reading

• “三伏”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “三伏”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.