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炎暑

炎暑

Chinese

		flame; inflammation; -itis	heat; hot weather; summer heat
simp. and trad. (炎暑)		炎	暑

Noun

炎暑

hot summer; sweltering summer days; dog days

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yánshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ syu²
Min Nan (POJ): iām-sír / iām-sú / iām-sí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yánshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshuu
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁴ syu²
  - Yale: yìhm syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ sy²
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ ɕyː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iām-sír
  - Tâi-lô: iām-sír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹⁻²² sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iām-sú
  - Tâi-lô: iām-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaxmsuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iam²²⁻²¹ su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iām-sí
  - Tâi-lô: iām-sí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaxmsie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam²²⁻²¹ ɕi⁵³/