六月天，七月火

Chinese

		June; sixth month of the Chinese calendar	day; sky; heaven		July; The modern name of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar.	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (六月天，七月火)		六月	天	，	七月	火
simp. #(六月天，七月火)		六月	天	，	七月	火

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍k-ge̍h-thiⁿ, chhit-ge̍h-hé / la̍k-ge̍rh-thiⁿ, chhit-ge̍rh-hér / la̍k-goe̍h-thiⁿ, chhit-goe̍h-hóe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k-ge̍h-thiⁿ, chhit-ge̍h-hé
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k-ge̍h-thinn, tshit-ge̍h-hé
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ he⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k-ge̍rh-thiⁿ, chhit-ge̍rh-hér
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k-ge̍rh-thinn, tshit-ge̍rh-hér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚²⁴⁻² ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰĩ³³ t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k-goe̍h-thiⁿ, chhit-goe̍h-hóe
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k-gue̍h-thinn, tshit-gue̍h-hué
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hue⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚²⁴⁻² ɡue(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰĩ³³ t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡue(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hue⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hue⁵³/

Idiom

六月天，七月火

1. (Hokkien) to have worse sweltering heat in the seventh month of the lunar calendar compared to the sixth month

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 六月天，七月火，八月熱煞尾／六月天，七月火，八月热煞尾, 六月天，七月火，石磨會炊粿／六月天，七月火，石磨会炊粿, 六月旱，七月火，八月熱煞尾／六月旱，七月火，八月热煞尾