三月

Chinese

		three	moon; month
simp. and trad. (三月)		三	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sānyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄩㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san¹ yue²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): санйүә (sanyüə, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ jyut⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sâm-ngie̍t / sâm-ngia̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sam¹ ngiad⁶

• Northern Min (KCR): sáng-ngṳè
• Eastern Min (BUC): săng-nguŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-ge̍rh / saⁿ-ge̍h / saⁿ-goe̍h / saⁿ-gēr / saⁿ-gōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): san¹ ghuêh⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹se-yuq; ¹se-yoq

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanyuè
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: sān-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanyueh
    • Palladius: саньюэ (sanʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: san¹ yue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sanje
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /san⁵⁵ ye²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: санйүә (sanyüə, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sæ̃²⁴ yə⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ jyut⁶
    • Yale: sāam yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯at̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sam¹ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sam⁴⁴ ŋiat̚⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sáng-ngṳè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁴ ŋyɛ⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-nguŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵ ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: sann-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Singapore): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡəʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Lukang): /sã³³ ɡəʔ³⁵/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡəʔ⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ ɡəʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sann-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'geh
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /sã³³ ɡeʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡeʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡeʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡeʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sann-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'goeh
    • IPA (Penang): /sã³³⁻²¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡueʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Tainan, Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡueʔ⁴³/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-gēr
    • Tâi-lô: sann-gēr
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: sann-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'goe
    • IPA (Yilan): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: san¹ ghuêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: saⁿ gue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sã³³⁻²³ ɡueʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹se-yuq; ¹se-yoq
    • MiniDict: se^平 yuih; se^平 yoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-hhyq; ¹se-hhioq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ ɦyɪʔ²¹/, /se⁵⁵ ɦioʔ²¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: sam|samH ngjwot

Rime
Character	三	三	月
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	談 (143)	元 (68)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	蘇甘切	蘇暫切	魚厥切
Baxter	sam	samH	ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/samH/	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	sàn	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1	saam3	jyut6

Noun

三月

1. March, the third month of the Gregorian solar calendar.
2. The modern name for the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 三月子, 三月間子／三月间子
• (lunar month): 桃月 (Táoyuè), 陽春／阳春 (yángchūn), 暮春 (Mùchūn), 蠶月／蚕月 (cányuè), 鶯月／莺月, 暮月, 鸝月／鹂月, 季春 (jìchūn), 炳月, 三春 (sānchūn), 綢月／绸月

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
三	月
さん Grade: 1	がつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
3月

三 (san, “three”) +‎ 月 (-gatsu, “month”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さ​んがつ [sáꜜǹgàtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

三(さん)月(がつ) • (sangatsu) ^{←さんぐわつ (sangwatu)?}

1. March

   春(はる)はアメリカで三月(さんがつ)に正式(せいしき)に開(かい)始(し)。

   Haru wa Amerika de sangatsu ni seishiki ni kaishi.

   In America, spring officially starts in March.

Synonyms

• 弥生(やよい) (yayoi)

See also

• 三(さん)ヶ月(げつ) (sangagetsu)
• (Gregorian calendar months) 一(いち)月(がつ) (ichigatsu), 二(に)月(がつ) (nigatsu), 三(さん)月(がつ) (sangatsu), 四(し)月(がつ) (shigatsu), 五(ご)月(がつ) (gogatsu), 六(ろく)月(がつ) (rokugatsu), 七(しち)月(がつ) (shichigatsu), 八(はち)月(がつ) (hachigatsu), 九(く)月(がつ) (kugatsu), 十(じゅう)月(がつ) (jūgatsu), 十(じゅう)一(いち)月(がつ) (jūichigatsu), 十(じゅう)二(に)月(がつ) (jūnigatsu) ^{(Category: ja:Gregorian calendar months)}

Korean

Hanja in this term
三	月

Noun

三月 • (samwol) (hangeul 삼월)

1. Hanja form^? of 삼월 (“March”).