三疊紀

See also: 三叠纪 and 三畳紀

Chinese

		three	layer	period
trad. (三疊紀)		三	疊	紀
simp. (三叠纪)		三	叠	纪

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三疊紀 (sandefuki), a calque from German Trias (“Triassic”, literally “triad”), from New Latin trias (“triad”), from Ancient Greek τριάς (triás, “triad”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sāndié Jì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ dip⁶ gei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sāndié Jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sandié Jì
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-tieh² Chi⁴
    • Yale: Sān-dyé Jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sandye Jih
    • Palladius: Саньде Цзи (Sanʹde Czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ dip⁶ gei²
    • Yale: sāam dihp géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ dip⁹ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ dib⁶ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ tiːp̚² kei̯³⁵/

Proper noun

三疊紀

1. (geology) the Triassic period (part of the Mesozoic era, spanning from 252.17 to 201.3 million years ago)

See also

• 侏羅紀／侏罗纪 (Zhūluó Jì)
• 中生代 (Zhōngshēng Dài)
• 二疊紀／二叠纪 (Èrdié Jì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	疊	紀
さん Grade: 1	じょう Jinmeiyō	き Grade: 5
on’yomi

Proper noun

三(さん)疊(じょう)紀(き) • (Sanjōki) ^{←さんでふき (sandefuki)?}

1. Kyūjitai form of 三畳紀 (“the Triassic period”)