粵

燥cou3熱jit6

simp燥热
cou3 jit6zào rè

English

  1. uncomfortably hot and dry; stiflingly hot; (of the body) flushed and feverishly warm; (fig.) agitated; restless; irritable; (TCM) dry-heat
  2. excessive internal heat
  3. a Chinese medicine terminology which means that the nature of a kind of food, medicine, human body constitution is 'hot and dry'

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (中醫術語)指食物、體質性熱

Examples

  • 飲咖啡唔好落咁多肉桂,燥熱呀。

    Don't sprinkle too much cinnamon powder into coffee, for cinnamon's nature is 'hot and dry'

  • 你體質燥熱呀,一定要飲多啲水先得㗎。

    Your body constitution is of 'heat and drought', so you must drink more water.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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