Hanzi

暑

heat/hot weather/summer heat

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 4

Pinyin

shǔ

Bopomofo

ㄕㄨˇ

Jyutping

syu2

Example sentences

暑假 shǔjià
我們暑假要去日本旅遊。
我们暑假要去日本旅游。

We are going to travel to Japan during summer vacation.

澳門 / 澳门 àomén
暑假時，我們計畫去澳門看歷史建築。
暑假时，我们计划去澳门看历史建筑。

During summer vacation, we plan to go to Macau to see historical architecture.

中暑 zhòngshǔ
昨天天氣太熱，他中暑了。
昨天天气太热，他中暑了。

The weather was too hot yesterday, and he suffered from heatstroke.

夠嗆 / 够呛 gòuqiàng
今天天氣熱得夠嗆，大家都快中暑了。
今天天气热得够呛，大家都快中暑了。

The weather today is unbearably hot; everyone is on the verge of heatstroke.

消暑 xiāoshǔ
在炎熱的夏天，吃西瓜是最好的消暑方法。
在炎热的夏天，吃西瓜是最好的消暑方法。

Eating watermelon is the best way to cool off in the hot summer.

涼茶 / 凉茶 liángchá
夏天喝涼茶可以消暑解渴。
夏天喝凉茶可以消暑解渴。

Drinking herbal tea in summer can relieve heat and quench thirst.

避暑 bìshǔ
這裡是著名的避暑勝地。
这里是著名的避暑胜地。

This is a famous summer resort.

陰涼 / 阴凉 yīnliáng
這棵大樹下非常陰涼，是避暑的好地方。
这棵大树下非常阴凉，是避暑的好地方。

It is very shady and cool under this big tree, making it a great place to escape the heat.

Example Vocabulary

暑假

shu3'jia4

summer vacation

中暑

zhong4'shu3

heatstroke; to suffer from heatstroke

暑

shu3

暑期

shu3'qi2

消暑

xiao1'shu3

to relieve summer heat; to cool off

避暑

bi4'shu3

to go away for the summer; to avoid the heat

大暑

da4'shu3

暑天

shu3'tian1

暑氣

shu3'qi4

暑熱

shu3're4

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