三秀

三秀

Chinese

		three	to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show
simp. and trad. (三秀)		三	秀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sānxiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshiow
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sansiòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɑm|sɑm^H  sɨu^H/

Rime
Character	三	三	秀
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	談 (143)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	蘇甘切	蘇暫切	息救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/sɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/siuH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/siəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/samH/	/suwH/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/siuH/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/sĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/si̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	sàn	xiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1	saam3	sau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.rum|s.r[u]m-s  [s-l]u(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*suːm|suːms  slus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	三	三	秀
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sān	sān	xiù
Middle Chinese	‹ sam ›	‹ samH ›	‹ sjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*s.rum/ (*s.r- > s-; infl. by 四 *s-?)	/*s.r[u]m-s/ (*s.r- > *s-, infl. by 四 *s-?)	/*[s-l]u(ʔ)-s/
English	three	three times	to flower
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	三	三	秀
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	10963	10965	13934
Phonetic component	三	三	秀
Rime group	侵	侵	幽
Rime subdivision	3	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	三	三	秀
Old Chinese	/*suːm/	/*suːms/	/*slus/

Noun

三秀

1. Synonym of 靈芝／灵芝 (língzhī, “lingzhi”).

Derived terms

一年三秀

一穗三秀