三伏天

Chinese

		three fu	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (三伏天)		三伏	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānfútiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ fuk⁶ tin¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹se-voq-thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānfútiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanfútian
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-fu²-tʻien¹
    • Yale: sān-fú-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanfwutian
    • Palladius: саньфутянь (sanʹfutjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ fu³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānfútiānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄈㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanfútianr
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-fu²-tʻien¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: sān-fú-tyānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanfwutial
    • Palladius: саньфутяньр (sanʹfutjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ fu³⁵ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ fuk⁶ tin¹
    • Yale: sāam fuhk tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ fuk⁹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ fug⁶ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ fʊk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹se-voq-thi
    • MiniDict: se^平 voh thi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-voq-thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ voʔ³³ tʰi²¹/

Noun

三伏天

1. a period in the Chinese lunisolar calendar of around 30-40 days which represents the hottest days of the summer