三七

Chinese

		three	seven
trad. (三七)		三	七
simp. ^#(三七)		三	七

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三七 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Notoginseng (English)

Etymology

From 三 (sān, “three”) + 七 (qī, “seven”), because of the plant's tendency to grow three petioles with seven leaflets each. It is also traditionally grown in 3 parts sunlight and 7 parts shade, and harvested 3 to 7 years after maturity, but these are likely traditions based on the name (Fruehauf, 2014).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānqī

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ cat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-chhit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanci
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-chʻi¹
  - Yale: sān-chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchi
  - Palladius: саньци (sanʹci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ cat¹
  - Yale: sāam chāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ced¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-chhit
  - Tâi-lô: sam-tshit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samchid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰit̚³²/

Noun

三七

notoginseng (Panax notoginseng)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 三七 (“notoginseng”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		三七, 田七
Taxonomic name		三七
Cantonese	Hong Kong	田七
Southern Min	Xiamen	三七
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	田七

Derived terms

血三七

三七

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