酷熱

See also: 酷热

Chinese

		ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great	heat; to heat up; fervent heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
trad. (酷熱)		酷	熱
simp. (酷热)		酷	热

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùrè

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ ㄖㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk⁶ jit⁶, hou⁶ jit⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khok-lia̍t / khok-jia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùrè
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄖㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùrè
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴-jê⁴
    • Yale: kù-rè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhreh
    • Palladius: кужэ (kužɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: huk⁶ jit⁶, hou⁶ jit⁶
    • Yale: huhk yiht, houh yiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁹ jit⁹, hou⁶ jit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hug⁶ yid⁶, hou⁶ yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚² jiːt̚²/, /hou̯²² jiːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-lia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khok-lia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qokliat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ liɛt̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok-jia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khok-jia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qokjiat
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔk̚³²⁻⁵ d͡ziɛt̚¹²¹/

Adjective

酷熱

1. (of weather) extremely hot; blistering hot; scorching; blazing; sweltering

Synonyms

• 暑 (shǔ) (chiefly of weather, used in compounds)
• 暑熱／暑热 (shǔrè) (of weather)
• 火熱／火热 (huǒrè) (burning hot)
• 灼熱／灼热 (zhuórè) (burning hot)
• 炎熱／炎热 (yánrè) (of weather)
• 熱／热 (rè)
• 熱和／热和 (rèhuo) (colloquial, nice and warm)
• 熱火／热火 (rèhuǒ) (colloquial, nice and warm)
• 熾烈／炽烈 (chìliè) (burning fiercely)
• 熾熱／炽热 (chìrè) (burning hot)
• 酷暑 (kùshǔ) (of weather)