暑 (syu2) — mid-summer; summer in Cantonese
syuˊ²暑Mandarin Pinyin: shu3
Meaning of 暑
nounmid-summer; summer
nounhot [n] heat of summer
Example Sentences with 暑
ngoˏ₅我zoiˍ₆在faat˗₃法gwok˗₃國douˍ₆渡gwo˗₃過liuˏ₅了saamˉ¹三go˗₃個honˎ₄寒syuˊ²暑
I spent three winters and summers in France.
jamˊ²飲buiˉ¹杯dung˗₃凍jeˏ₅嘢pikˉ¹辟syuˏ₅暑
Have a cold drink to cool off.
jauˏ₅有meˉ¹咩pikˉ¹辟syuˏ₅暑houˊ²好gaai˗₃介siuˍ₆紹
Do you have any good recommendations for cooling down?
niˉ¹呢diˉ¹啲jeˏ₅嘢houˊ²好pikˉ¹辟syuˏ₅暑
These things are very good for cooling down.
jitˍ₆熱dou˗₃到jiu˗₃要pikˉ¹辟syuˏ₅暑
It's so hot, I need to cool down.
Words Containing 暑
天時暑熱tin1 si4 syu2 jit6
extremely hot weather
清暑cing1 syu2
reduce internal heat, relieve inflammation or fever; beat the summer heat
暑期學校syu2 kei4 hok6 haau6
summer school
唞暑tau2 syu2
of horse racing to take a summer hiatus
暑期syu2 kei4
summer; summertime
辟暑pik1 syu2
avoid the heat for the summer, beat the heat
消暑siu1 syu2
reduce internal heat; avoid the heat for the summer, beat the heat
歇暑hit3 syu2
have a summer break; take rest, suspend work or be closed during summer
暑天syu2 tin1
hot day; summer's day; hot summer's day
暑假syu2 gaa3
summer holiday / vacation
暑期工syu2 kei4 gung1
a summer job
寒暑hon4 syu2
A poetic way of saying a year. The two characters meaning 'cold' and 'hot' stand in place of two seasons of the year, winter 冬天 and summer 夏天.
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