酷暑

酷暑

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): huk⁶ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kùshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuhshuu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùshǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: huk⁶ syu²
    • Yale: huhk syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: huk⁹ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hug⁶ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊk̚² ʃyː³⁵/

Noun

酷暑

1. intense heat of summer
2. extremely hot weather

Adjective

酷暑

1. extremely hot

Synonyms

• 炎熱／炎热 (yánrè)

Antonyms

• 寒冷 (hánlěng)
• 嚴寒／严寒 (yánhán)

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

酷暑 (hiragana こくしょ, rōmaji kokusho)

1. oppressive heat

Synonyms

• 猛暑 (もうしょ) (mōsho)

Antonyms

• 酷寒 (こっかん) (kokkan)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN