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

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

intense heat of summer
extremely hot weather

Adjective

酷暑

(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])[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞]

Noun

酷(こく)暑(しょ) • (kokusho)

oppressive heat

Synonyms

Antonyms

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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