三牲

Chinese

		three	domestic animal
simp. and trad. (三牲)		三	牲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ saang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-sên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sam-seng / sam-sng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): san¹ sên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sansheng
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-shêng¹
    • Yale: sān-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sansheng
    • Palladius: саньшэн (sanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ saang¹
    • Yale: sāam sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-seng
    • Tâi-lô: sam-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samsefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² seŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-sng
    • Tâi-lô: sam-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: san¹ sên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: saⁿ seⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sã³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/

Noun

三牲

1. three domestic animals (i.e. cattle, sheep, and pigs, in pre-modern times used as sacrificed offerings, in contemporary times also refers to pigs, chicken, and fish)
2. (Penang and Singapore Hokkien) gangster

   講話莫𫝛甲三牲 [Hokkien, trad.]
   讲话莫𫝛甲三牲 [Hokkien, simp.]

   kóng-ōa mài siāng kah sam-seng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Don't speak like a gangster.

   • 三牲巷 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

     From: List of streets in George Town, Penang

     Sam-seng-hāng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Gangsters' lane

Descendants

• → Malay: samseng (“gangster”) (via Hokkien)