三光

三光

Chinese

		three	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (三光)		三	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gwong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-kông
• Min Nan (POJ): sam-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanguang
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-kuang¹
    • Yale: sān-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanguang
    • Palladius: саньгуан (sanʹguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ kwɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: sāam gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-kong
    • Tâi-lô: sam-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ kɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

三光

1. sun, moon and stars
2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
3. 燒光／烧光, 殺光／杀光 and 搶光／抢光

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三光):

• → Japanese: 三光(さんこう) (sankō)
• → Korean: 삼광(三光) (samgwang)
• → Vietnamese: tam quang (三光)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	光
さん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

三 (“three”) +‎ 光 (“light”), literally “three lights”

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) さんこー [sàńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋko̞ː]

Noun

三(さん)光(こう) • (sankō) ^{←さんくゎう (sankwau)?}

1. (collective) the sun, the moon and stars