三伏

Chinese[edit]

		three	conceal (ambush); prostrate; submit
simp. and trad. (三伏)		三	伏

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanfú
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-fu²
  - Yale: sān-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanfwu
  - Palladius: саньфу (sanʹfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ fuk⁶
  - Yale: sāam fuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ fuk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sam¹ fug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /sam⁴⁴ fʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-ho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: sam-ho̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samhok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ hɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/

三伏

three fu (three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: 初伏 in mid-July, 中伏 (zhōngfú) in late July to early August and 末伏 in mid-August)
the third fu