三女

Chinese

		three	female; woman; daughter
trad. (三女)		三	女
simp. #(三女)		三	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄋㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sannyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-nü³
    • Yale: sān-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanneu
    • Palladius: саньнюй (sanʹnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

三女

1. third daughter

   • 生下三女一男：兒子名曰承祖，長女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元來是先花後果的，倒是玉英居長，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     生下三女一男：儿子名曰承祖，长女名玉英，次女名桃英，三女名月英。元来是先花后果的，倒是玉英居长，次即承祖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE

     Shēngxià sān nǚ yī nán: érzǐ míng yuē Chéngzǔ, chángnǚ míng Yùyīng, cìnǚ míng Táoyīng, sānnǚ míng Yuèyīng. Yuánlái shì xiānhuāhòuguǒ de, dǎoshì Yùyīng jū cháng, cì jí Chéngzǔ. [Pinyin]

     The son was named Chengzu, the eldest daughter Yuying, the second daughter Taoying, and the third daughter Yueying. Yuying was the eldest of the four and Chengzu the son was the second.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	女
さん Grade: 1	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 三 (“three”) +‎ 女 (“woman; female”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

Noun

三(さん)女(じょ) • (sanjo) 

1. three daughters
2. the third daughter

Related terms

	son	daughter	child (rare)
one's first	長(ちょう)男(なん) (chōnan), 一(いち)男(なん) (ichinan), 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)	長(ちょう)女(じょ) (chōjo), 一(いち)女(じょ) (ichijo)	長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)
one's second	次(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 二(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 次(じ)子(し) (jishi)	次(じ)女(じょ) (jijo), 二(じ)女(じょ) (jijo)	次(じ)子(し) (jishi)
one's third	三(さん)男(なん) (sannan)	三(さん)女(じょ) (sanjo)	-