火候
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Chinese[edit]
fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving |
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trad. (火候) | 火 | 候 | |
simp. #(火候) | 火 | 候 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
火候
- (cooking) heat control; duration and degree of heating
- (education, figurative) level of scholarship
- (figurative) crucial moment; opportunity
Synonyms[edit]
- (opportunity):
- 商機/商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
- 因緣/因缘 (yīnyuán)
- 契機/契机 (qìjī)
- 戰機/战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
- 時機/时机 (shíjī)
- 機會/机会 (jīhuì)
- 機遇/机遇 (jīyù)
- 空子 (kòngzi) (opportunity to take advantage of)
- 空隙 (kòngxì)
- 節裉兒/节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
- 縫縫/缝缝 (fong4 fong4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
- 縫縫兒/缝缝儿 (fong4 fongr4-1) (Sichuanese)
- 茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
- 遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 際遇/际遇 (jìyù) (literary)