火候

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² hau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huǒhòu → huǒhou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄡˋ → ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄏㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuo.how
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴ xoʊ̯⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo² hau⁶
  - Yale: fó hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² heo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ hɐu̯²²/

Noun

火候

heat control (in cooking)

這道菜不夠火候。 / 这道菜不够火候。 ― Zhè dào cài bùgòu huǒhòu. ― This dish is undercooked.
level of scholarship
crucial moment

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