三湘

Chinese

		three	name of a river; Hunan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (三湘)		三	湘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sansiang
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-hsiang¹
    • Yale: Sān-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanshiang
    • Palladius: Саньсян (Sanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

三湘

1. (literary) the Xiang River basin and Dongting Lake; (metonymically) Hunan

   • 遙遙三湘，滔滔九江。山川阻遠，行李時通。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     遥遥三湘，滔滔九江。山川阻远，行李时通。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 4th–5th century, Tao Yuanming, 贈長沙公族祖

     Yáoyáo Sānxiāng, tāotāo Jiǔjiāng. Shānchuān zǔyuǎn, xínglǐ shí tōng. [Pinyin]

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