六月天，七月火，八月熱煞尾

Chinese

		June; sixth month of the Chinese calendar	day; sky; heaven		July; The modern name of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar.	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving		August; eighth month of the Chinese calendar	heat; to heat up; fervent heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up	to finish off; to round off; to wind up to finish off; to round off; to wind up; to come to an end; final stage; end; ending
trad. (六月天，七月火，八月熱煞尾)		六月	天	，	七月	火	，	八月	熱	煞尾
simp. (六月天，七月火，八月热煞尾)		六月	天	，	七月	火	，	八月	热	煞尾

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍k-ge̍h thiⁿ, chhit-ge̍h hé, poe̍h-ge̍h loa̍h soah-bé / la̍k-ge̍rh thiⁿ, chhit-ge̍rh hér, poe̍h-ge̍rh loa̍h soah-bér / la̍k-goe̍h thiⁿ, chhit-goe̍h hóe, pe̍h-goe̍h joa̍h soah-bóe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k-ge̍h thiⁿ, chhit-ge̍h hé, poe̍h-ge̍h loa̍h soah-bé
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k-ge̍h thinn, tshit-ge̍h hé, pue̍h-ge̍h lua̍h suah-bé
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ he⁵³ pue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ sua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k-ge̍rh thiⁿ, chhit-ge̍rh hér, poe̍h-ge̍rh loa̍h soah-bér
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k-ge̍rh thinn, tshit-ge̍rh hér, pue̍h-ge̍rh lua̍h suah-bér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚²⁴⁻² ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰĩ³³ t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hə⁵⁵⁴ pue(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² sua(ʔ)⁵ bə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k-goe̍h thiⁿ, chhit-goe̍h hóe, pe̍h-goe̍h joa̍h soah-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k-gue̍h thinn, tshit-gue̍h hué, pe̍h-gue̍h jua̍h suah-bué
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hue⁵³ pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ sua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bue⁵³/

Idiom

六月天，七月火，八月熱煞尾

1. (Hokkien) to have worse sweltering heat in the seventh month of the lunar calendar compared to the sixth month, while the heat does not fully end in the eight month

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 六月天，七月火, 六月天，七月火，石磨會炊粿／六月天，七月火，石磨会炊粿, 六月旱，七月火，八月熱煞尾／六月旱，七月火，八月热煞尾