三江

Chinese edit

		three	river
simp. and trad. (三江)		三	江

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Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sānjiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gong¹
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): san¹ gang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sānjiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sanjiang
  - Wade–Giles: San¹-chiang¹
  - Yale: Sān-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanjiang
  - Palladius: Саньцзян (Sanʹczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ gong¹
  - Yale: sāam gōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: san¹ gang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: saⁿ kang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sã³³⁻²³ kaŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: sam kaewng

Rime
Character	三	江
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	蘇甘切	古雙切
Baxter	sam	kaewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/kˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/kᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/kɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/kaɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/kɔŋ/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/kɔŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/kɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	jiāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam¹	gong¹

Proper noun edit

三江

(historical, literary) three rivers that supposedly flowed out of the lake of Pengli (彭蠡) according to Yu Gong of the Book of Documents, identified as various rivers in later ages
- 彭蠡既豬，陽鳥攸居。三江既入，震澤厎定。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  彭蠡既猪，阳鸟攸居。三江既入，震泽厎定。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE
  Pénglǐ jì zhū, yángniǎo yōu jū. Sānjiāng jì rù, Zhènzé dǐdìng. [Pinyin]
  The (lake of) Peng-li was confined to its proper limits, and the sun-birds (the wild geese) had places to settle on. The three Jiang were led to enter the sea, and it became possible to still the marsh of Zhen.
(～侗族自治縣, ～縣) Sanjiang (an autonomous county of Liuzhou, Guangxi, China)
(～鎮, ～街道, ～鄉, ～村) Various Sanjiang towns, subdistricts, townships and villages in China.
1. (～村) Sanjiang (a village in Lucheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
the three main rivers of the Chaoshan region: Han, Rong and Lian
- 有潮水就有俺膠己人　一輪明月年年照三江 [Teochew, trad.]
  有潮水就有俺胶己人　一轮明月年年照三江 [Teochew, simp.]
  From: 2019, 潘琼林 and 陈蔓, 我的家乡叫揭阳
  u⁶ dio⁵ zui² ziu⁶ u⁶ nang² ga¹ di⁷ nang⁵, zêg⁸ lung⁵ mêng⁵ ghuêh⁸ ni⁵ ni⁵ zio³ san¹ gang¹ [Peng'im]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

三江

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