三兄

Chinese

		three	elder brother
simp. and trad. (三兄)		三	兄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānxiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ hing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-hiaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sansyong
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-hsiung¹
    • Yale: sān-syūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshiong
    • Palladius: саньсюн (sanʹsjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ hing¹
    • Yale: sāam hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-hiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sann-hiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'hviaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /sã³³ hiã³³/

Noun

三兄

1. (literary or Southern Min) third elder brother (referring to the third son)

Synonyms

• 三哥 (sāngē)