三天兩頭

Chinese

		three	day; sky; heaven	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (三天兩頭)		三	天	兩	頭
simp. (三天两头)		三	天	两	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāntiānliǎngtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ tin¹ loeng⁵ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāntiānliǎngtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: santianliǎngtóu
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-tʻien¹-liang³-tʻou²
    • Yale: sān-tyān-lyǎng-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santianleangtour
    • Palladius: саньтяньлянтоу (sanʹtjanʹljantou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāntiānliǎngtóur
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: santianliǎngtóur
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-tʻien¹-liang³-tʻou²-ʼrh
    • Yale: sān-tyān-lyǎng-tóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santianleangtourl
    • Palladius: саньтяньлянтоур (sanʹtjanʹljantour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ tin¹ loeng⁵ tau⁴
    • Yale: sāam tīn léuhng tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tin¹ loeng⁵ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ tin¹ lêng⁵ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

三天兩頭

1. every two or three days (something bad happens); almost everyday

Synonyms

• 三頭兩日／三头两日 (sāntóuliǎngrì)