三月

三月

Chinese

		three	moon; month
simp. and trad. (三月)		三	月

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sānyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄩㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): san¹ yue²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): санйүә (sanyüə, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ jyut⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sâm-ngie̍t / sâm-ngia̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sam¹ ngiad⁶

• Min Bei (KCR): sáng-ngṳè
• Min Dong (BUC): săng-nguŏk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-ge̍rh / saⁿ-ge̍h / saⁿ-goe̍h / saⁿ-gēr / saⁿ-gōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): san¹ ghuêh⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): se hhyq (T1); se hhioq (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanyuè
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: sān-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanyueh
    • Palladius: саньюэ (sanʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: san¹ yue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sanje
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /san⁵⁵ ye²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: санйүә (sanyüə, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sæ̃²⁴ yə⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ jyut⁶
    • Yale: sāam yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ ɲi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ ɲi̯at̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sam¹ ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sam⁴⁴ ɲiat̚⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sáng-ngṳè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁴ ŋyɛ⁴²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-nguŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵ ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-ge̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: sann-ge̍rh
    • IPA (Singapore): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡəʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Lukang): /sã³³ ɡəʔ³⁵/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡəʔ⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ ɡəʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore, Philippines, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-ge̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sann-ge̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'geh
    • IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /sã³³ ɡeʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡeʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡeʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡeʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: sann-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'goeh
    • IPA (Penang): /sã³³⁻²¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡueʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Tainan, Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² ɡueʔ⁴³/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-gēr
    • Tâi-lô: sann-gēr
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-gōe
    • Tâi-lô: sann-guē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'goe
    • IPA (Yilan): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: san¹ ghuêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: saⁿ gue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sã³³⁻²³ ɡueʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: se hhyq (T1); se hhioq (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /se̞⁵⁵ ɦɥ̯ɪʔ²¹/, /se̞⁵⁵ ɦi̯ʊʔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɑm|sɑm^H  ŋʉɐt̚/

Rime
Character	三	三	月
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	談 (143)	元 (68)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	蘇甘切	蘇暫切	魚厥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/samH/	/ŋuat̚/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	sàn	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1	saam3	jyut6

Noun

三月

1. March, the third month of the Gregorian solar calendar.
2. The modern name for the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 三月子, 三月間子／三月间子
• (lunar month): 桃月 (Táoyuè), 陽春／阳春 (yángchūn), 暮春 (Mùchūn), 蠶月／蚕月 (cányuè), 鶯月／莺月, 暮月, 鸝月／鹂月, 季春 (jìchūn), 炳月, 三春 (sānchūn), 綢月／绸月

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 3月
• ３月

Etymology

Kanji in this term
三	月
さん Grade: 1	がつ Grade: 1
on’yomi

三 (san, “three”) +‎ 月 (-gatsu, “month”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) さ​んがつ [sáꜜǹgàtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋɡa̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

三(さん)月(がつ) • (sangatsu) 

1. March

   春はアメリカで三月に正式に開始。

   はるはアメリカでさんがつにせいしきにかいし。

   Haru wa amerika de sangatsu ni seishiki ni kaishi.

   In America, spring officially starts in March.

Synonyms

• 弥生(やよい) (yayoi)

See also

• 三(さん)ヶ月(げつ) (sankagetsu)
• (Gregorian calendar months) 一(いち)月(がつ) (ichigatsu), 二(に)月(がつ) (nigatsu), 三(さん)月(がつ) (sangatsu), 四(し)月(がつ) (shigatsu), 五(ご)月(がつ) (gogatsu), 六(ろく)月(がつ) (rokugatsu), 七(しち)月(がつ) (shichigatsu), 八(はち)月(がつ) (hachigatsu), 九(く)月(がつ) (kugatsu), 十(じゅう)月(がつ) (jūgatsu), 十(じゅう)一(いち)月(がつ) (jūichigatsu), 十(じゅう)二(に)月(がつ) (jūnigatsu) ^{(Category: ja:Gregorian calendar months)}

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
三	月

Noun

三月 • (samwol) (hangeul 삼월)

1. Hanja form^? of 삼월 (“March”).