三司

Chinese

		three	company; control
simp. and trad. (三司)		三	司

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sansih
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: sān-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sansy
    • Palladius: саньсы (sanʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ si¹
    • Yale: sāam sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sam si

Rime
Character	三	司
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蘇甘切	息兹切
Baxter	sam	si
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/sɨ/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/siə/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/sĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	sī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1	si1

Noun

三司

1. (Hong Kong, collective name) three officers of Hong Kong (Chief Secretary for Administration, Financial Secretary and Secretary for Justice)
2. (Singapore, collective name) three judges of the court of appeal
3. (historical, collective name) three national-level ministers during the Han dynasty

   Meronyms: 司馬／司马 (sīmǎ), 司空 (sīkōng), 司徒 (sītú)

4. (historical, collective name) three national-level officers during the Tang dynasty

   Meronyms: 御史臺／御史台, 中書省／中书省 (Zhōngshūshěng), 門下省／门下省 (Ménxiàshěng)

   Meronyms: 刑部 (Xíngbù), 御史臺／御史台, 大理寺

5. (historical, collective name) three financial officers during the Song dynasty

   Meronyms: 鹽鐵司／盐铁司, 度支司, 戶部司／户部司

6. (historical, collective name) three provincial-level officers during the Ming and Qing dynasties

   Meronyms: 布政使司 (bùzhèngshǐsī), 按察使司 (àncháshǐsī), 都指揮使司／都指挥使司 (dūzhǐhuīshǐsī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三司):

• → Japanese: 三司(さんし) (sanshi)
• → Korean: 삼사(三司) (samsa)

See also

• 三公 (sāngōng)
• 儀同三司／仪同三司 (yítóngsānsī)
• 三司使
• 市舶三司
• 三法司

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	司
さん Grade: 1	し Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 三司 (MC sam si).

Noun

三(さん)司(し) • (sanshi) 

1. (historical, collective name) Synonym of 三公 (sankō): the three national ministers during the Han dynasty
2. (historical, collective name) the three judicial branches during the Tang dynasty
3. (historical, collective name) Short for 三司官 (Sanshi-kan): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
4. (historical, collective name) the three institutions responsible for the finances during the Five Dynasties period to the Song dynasty
5. (historical, collective name) the three highest ministers of the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”):
   1. 太政大臣 (Daijō-daijin, “chancellor of the realm”)
   2. 左大臣 (sadaijin, “minister of the left”)
   3. 右大臣 (udaijin, “minister of the right”)

   Synonym: 三公 (sankō)

Derived terms

• 三司官(さんしかん) (Sanshi-kan)
• 儀同(ぎどう)三司(さんし) (Gidō-sanshi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
三	司

Noun

三司 • (samsa) (hangeul 삼사)

1. Hanja form^? of 삼사.