三六

三六

Chinese

		three	six
simp. and trad. (三六)		三	六

Etymology

"dog meat": three plus six is nine (九), which is homophonous to 狗 (dog) in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānliù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ luk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sānliù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄌㄧㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanliow
    • IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ luk⁶
    • Yale: sāam luhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ luk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ lug⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ lʊk̚²/

Noun

三六

1. three sixs; eighteen
2. (Cantonese) dog meat