火候

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	wait
trad. (火候)		火	候
simp. #(火候)		火	候

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² hau⁴ / fo² hau⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): huê² hao⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒhòu → huǒhou (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄡˋ → ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄏㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒho̊u
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-hou⁵
    • Yale: hwǒ-hou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo.how
    • Palladius: хохоу (xoxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴ xoʊ̯⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒhòur
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄡˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒhòur
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-hou⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwǒ-hòur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoohowl
    • Palladius: хохоур (xoxour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² hau⁴ / fo² hau⁶
    • Yale: fó hàuh / fó hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² hau⁴ / fo² hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² heo⁴ / fo² heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ hɐu̯²¹/, /fɔː³⁵ hɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê² hao⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hué hāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵²⁻³⁵ hau¹¹/

Noun

火候

1. (cooking) heat control; duration and degree of heating

   這道菜不夠火候。 [MSC, trad.]
   这道菜不够火候。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè dào cài bùgòu huǒhòu. [Pinyin]

   This dish is undercooked.

2. (education, figurative) level of scholarship
3. (figurative) crucial moment; opportunity

Synonyms

• (opportunity):

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• 商機／商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
• 因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán)
• 契機／契机 (qìjī)
• 戰機／战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
• 時機／时机 (shíjī)
• 機會／机会 (jīhuì)
• 機遇／机遇 (jīyù)
• 空子 (kòngzi) (opportunity to take advantage of)
• 空隙 (kòngxì)
• 節裉兒／节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
• 縫縫／缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
• 縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
• 茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
• 遇 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 際遇／际遇 (jìyù) (literary)