| three | to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (三秀) | 三 | 秀 | |
| simp. #(三秀) | 三 | 秀 | |
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 三 | 三 | 秀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 談 (143) | 談 (143) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | III |
| Fanqie | 蘇甘切 | 蘇暫切 | 息救切 |
| Baxter | sam | samH | sjuwH |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/sɑm/ | /sɑmH/ | /sɨuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/sɑm/ | /sɑmH/ | /siuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sɑm/ | /sɑmH/ | /siəuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/sam/ | /samH/ | /suwH/ |
| Li Rong |
/sɑm/ | /sɑmH/ | /siuH/ |
| Wang Li |
/sɑm/ | /sɑmH/ | /sĭəuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/sɑm/ | /sɑmH/ | /si̯ə̯uH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
sān | sàn | xiù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
saam1 | saam3 | sau3 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 三 | 三 | 秀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
sān | sān | xiù |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ sam › | ‹ samH › | ‹ sjuwH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s.rum/ (*s.r- > s-; infl. by 四 *s-?) | /*s.r[u]m-s/ (*s.r- > *s-, infl. by 四 *s-?) | /*[s-l]u(ʔ)-s/ |
| English | three | three times | to flower |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 三 | 三 | 秀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 10963 | 10965 | 13934 |
| Phonetic component |
三 | 三 | 秀 |
| Rime group |
侵 | 侵 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 | 3 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
三 | 三 | 秀 |
| Old Chinese |
/*suːm/ | /*suːms/ | /*slus/ |
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