三三兩兩

Chinese

		three	three	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael
trad. (三三兩兩)		三	三	兩	兩
simp. (三三两两)		三	三	两	两

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānsānliǎngliǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ saam¹ loeng⁵ loeng⁵
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): san¹ san¹ lian³ lian³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānsānliǎngliǎng [Phonetic: sānsānliángliǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sansanliǎngliǎng
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-san¹-liang³-liang³
    • Yale: sān-sān-lyǎng-lyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sansanleangleang
    • Palladius: саньсаньлянлян (sanʹsanʹljanljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ saam¹ loeng⁵ loeng⁵
    • Yale: sāam sāam léuhng léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ saam¹ loeng⁵ loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ sam¹ lêng⁵ lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ lœːŋ¹³ lœːŋ¹³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: san¹ san¹ lian³ lian³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /san³³ san³³ li̯æn⁴¹ li̯æn⁴¹/

Adjective

三三兩兩

1. scattered; by ones and twos

See also

• 三兩／三两 (sānliǎng)