中伏

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	hottest days of summer
simp. and trad. (中伏)		中	伏

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ fuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongfú
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-fu²
    • Yale: jūng-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongfwu
    • Palladius: чжунфу (čžunfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ fuk⁶
    • Yale: jūng fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/

Noun

中伏

1. the middle fu (from late-July to early-August, among the three fus (三伏 (sānfú)), the hottest periods of summer)

See also

• 三伏 (sānfú)

Pronunciation 2

		to be hit by; to suffer; to be affected by	conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit
simp. and trad. (中伏)		中	伏
Literally: “fall into pitfall”.

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ fuk⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ fuk⁶
    • Yale: jung fuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ fuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ fug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ fʊk̚²/

Verb

中⫽伏 (verb-object)

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, figurative) to be fooled; to experience something below expectation

Synonyms

• 上當／上当 (shàngdàng), 中計／中计 (zhòngjì), 中招 (zhòngzhāo), (Mainland China) 被雷倒 (bèi léidào)