消暑

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	heat; hot weather; summer heat
trad. (消暑)		消	暑
simp. #(消暑)		消	暑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāoshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ syu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-sú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaoshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-shu³
    • Yale: syāu-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaushuu
    • Palladius: сяошу (sjaošu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ syu²
    • Yale: sīu syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ syː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-sú
    • Tâi-lô: siau-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siausuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ su⁴¹/

Verb

消暑

1. to prevent heat stroke; to dispel summer heat
2. to take a summer vacation

Synonyms

• (to prevent heat stroke):

• 去暑 (qùshǔ)
• 祛暑 (qūshǔ)
• 解暑 (jiěshǔ)
• 避暑 (bìshǔ)

 

• (to take a summer vacation): 消夏 (xiāoxià)

Related terms

• 避暑 (bìshǔ)