溽暑

Chinese

		damp; muggy	heat; hot weather; summer heat
trad. (溽暑)		溽	暑
simp. #(溽暑)		溽	暑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ju⁴-shu³
    • Yale: rù-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhshuu
    • Palladius: жушу (žušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ syu²
    • Yale: yuhk syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² syː³⁵/

Noun

溽暑

1. humid and stuffy hot weather in summer

   • 燎沉香，消溽暑 [Ci, trad. and simp.]

     From: c. 1083-1086, Zhou Bangyan (周邦彥),《蘇幕遮》

     liáo chénxiāng, xiāo rùshǔ [Pinyin]

     burning eaglewood to temper steamy heat