三思

Chinese

		three	to think; to consider
simp. and trad. (三思)		三	思

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānsī, sànsī
(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄙ, ㄙㄢˋ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam³ si¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-sṳ̂
Min Nan (POJ): sàm-su / sàm-sir / sam-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sansih
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: sān-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sansy
  - Palladius: саньсы (sanʹsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sànsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˋ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sànsih
  - Wade–Giles: san⁴-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: sàn-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sannsy
  - Palladius: саньсы (sanʹsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam³ si¹
  - Yale: saam sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam³ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam³ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm³³ siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: sam´ sii´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàm-su
  - Tâi-lô: sàm-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sarmsw
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sam¹¹⁻⁵³ su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàm-sir
  - Tâi-lô: sàm-sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-su
  - Tâi-lô: sam-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samsw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

Verb

三思

to think carefully (before taking action)
to think twice

Derived terms

三思而行 (sānsī'érxíng)

三思而後行／三思而后行 (sānsī ér hòuxíng)