火候

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	wait
trad. (火候)		火	候
simp. ^#(火候)		火	候

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² hau⁴, fo² hau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒhòu → huǒhou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄡˋ → ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄏㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒho̊u
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-hou⁵
  - Yale: hwǒ-hou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo.how
  - Palladius: хохоу (xoxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴ xoʊ̯⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒhòur
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄡˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒhòur
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-hou⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: hwǒ-hòur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoohowl
  - Palladius: хохоур (xoxour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo² hau⁴, fo² hau⁶
  - Yale: fó hàuh, fó hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² hau⁴, fo² hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² heo⁴, fo² heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ hɐu̯²¹/, /fɔː³⁵ hɐu̯²²/

Noun

火候

(cooking) heat control; duration and degree of heating
這道菜不夠火候。 [MSC, trad.]
这道菜不够火候。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè dào cài bùgòu huǒhòu. [Pinyin]
This dish is undercooked.
(education, figurative) level of scholarship
(figurative) crucial moment; opportunity

Synonyms

(opportunity):

商機／商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán)
契機／契机 (qìjī)
戰機／战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
時機／时机 (shíjī)
機會／机会 (jīhuì)
機遇／机遇 (jīyù)
空子 (kòngzi) (opportunity to take advantage of)
空隙 (kòngxì)
節裉兒／节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
縫縫／缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
際遇／际遇 (jìyù) (literary)

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