三鳥

Chinese

		three	bird
trad. (三鳥)		三	鳥
simp. (三鸟)		三	鸟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānniǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ niu⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): san¹ ziou² / san¹ ziao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānniǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanniǎo
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-niao³
    • Yale: sān-nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanneau
    • Palladius: саньняо (sanʹnjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ niu⁵
    • Yale: sāam níuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ niu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ niu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ niːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: san¹ ziou² / san¹ ziao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: saⁿ tsióu / saⁿ tsiáu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sã³³⁻²³ t͡siou⁵²/, /sã³³⁻²³ t͡siau⁵²/

Noun

三鳥

1. (literary, Chinese religion) the three blue birds attending to the Queen Mother of the West
2. (literary, figurative) messengers; envoys
3. chicken, duck and goose

   三鳥市場／三鸟市场  ―  sānniǎo shìchǎng  ―  poultry market (chiefly in Guangdong, China)