三伏

Traditional form:

三伏

Pinyin (reading):

sānfú

Definitions:

• the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏 (chūfú), 中伏 (zhōngfú) and 末伏 (mòfú), which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August

Characters:

• 三 - three
• 伏 - to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal

Traditional characters:

• 三 - three
• 伏 - to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal