| 三伏 | sān fú | the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August |
| 末伏 | mò fú | the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August |