酷暑

Chinese

		ruthless; strong (as of wine); (slang loan from English) cool, great	heat; hot weather; summer heat
trad. (酷暑)		酷	暑
simp. #(酷暑)		酷	暑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk⁶ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu⁴-shu³
    • Yale: kù-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhshuu
    • Palladius: кушу (kušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: huk⁶ syu²
    • Yale: huhk syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁹ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hug⁶ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚² syː³⁵/

Noun

酷暑

1. intense heat of summer
2. extremely hot weather

Adjective

酷暑

1. (of weather) extremely hot; blistering hot; scorching; blazing; sweltering

Synonyms

• 暑 (shǔ) (chiefly of weather, used in compounds)
• 暑熱／暑热 (shǔrè) (of weather)
• 火熱／火热 (huǒrè) (burning hot)
• 灼熱／灼热 (zhuórè) (burning hot)
• 炎熱／炎热 (yánrè) (of weather)
• 熱／热 (rè)
• 熱和／热和 (rèhuo) (colloquial, nice and warm)
• 熱火／热火 (rèhuǒ) (colloquial, nice and warm)
• 熾烈／炽烈 (chìliè) (burning fiercely)
• 熾熱／炽热 (chìrè) (burning hot)
• 酷熱／酷热 (kùrè) (of weather)

 

Antonyms

• 寒冷 (hánlěng)
• 嚴寒／严寒 (yánhán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酷	暑
こく Grade: S	しょ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
酷暑 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​くしょ [kóꜜkùshò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞]

Noun

酷(こく)暑(しょ) • (kokusho) 

1. oppressive heat

Synonyms

• 極(ごく)暑(しょ) (gokusho)
• 猛暑(もうしょ) (mōsho)
• 厳暑(げんしょ) (gensho)

Antonyms

• 厳(げん)寒(かん) (genkan)
• 酷寒(こっかん) (kokkan)
• 極寒(ごっかん) (gokkan)