三峽

三峽

See also: 三峡

Chinese

		three	gorge
trad. (三峽)		三	峽
simp. (三峡)		三	峡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sān Xiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ haap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sān Xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: San Siá
    • Wade–Giles: San¹ Hsia²
    • Yale: Sān Syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: San Shya
    • Palladius: Сань Ся (Sanʹ Sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕjä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ haap⁶
    • Yale: sāam haahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ haap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ haːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɑm  ɦˠɛp̚/

Rime
Character	三	峽
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	咸 (152)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	蘇甘切	侯夾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/ɦˠɛp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/ɦᵚæp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/ɣɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/ɦəɨp̚/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/ɣɐp̚/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/ɣɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/ɣăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	xiá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1	haap6

Proper noun

三峽

1. Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

Synonyms

• (Three Gorges): 長江三峽／长江三峡 (Chángjiāng Sānxiá)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三峡(さんきょう) (Sankyō), from Min Nan 三角湧 (Saⁿ-kak-éng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānxiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ haap⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sâm-hia̍p
• Min Nan (POJ): Sam-kiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānxiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sansiá
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-hsia²
    • Yale: Sān-syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanshya
    • Palladius: Санься (Sanʹsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕjä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ haap⁶
    • Yale: sāam haahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ haap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ haːp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sâm-hia̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ hiab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ hiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ hi̯ap̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-kiap
    • Tâi-lô: Sam-kiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samkiab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ kiap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kiap̚³²/

Proper noun

三峽

1. (～區, formerly ～鎮) Sanxia (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (old name) 三角湧／三角涌 (Sānjiǎoyǒng)