末伏 Traditional form: 末伏 Pinyin (reading): mòfú Definitions: the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏 (sānfú)), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August Characters: 末 - end, final, last; insignificant 伏 - to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal Traditional characters: 末 - end, final, last; insignificant 伏 - to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal