三重

三重

Chinese

		three	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
simp. and trad. (三重)		三	重

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ cung⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): saⁿ-têng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sānchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchorng
    • IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: sāam chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ cung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-têng
    • Tâi-lô: sann-tîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'deeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²³/

Adjective

三重

1. triple; triplicate

Etymology 2

From 三重埔 (literally “the third plain”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ cung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sâm-chhùng
• Min Nan (POJ): Sam-tiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Sānchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanchorng
    • IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: sāam chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ cung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sâm-chhùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ cungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ cung²
    • IPA: /sam²⁴ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-tiông
    • Tâi-lô: Sam-tiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samdioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ tiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³/

Proper noun

三重

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

Etymology 3

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三 (み)重 (え) (Mie)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Sānchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanchorng
    • IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: sāam chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ cung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Proper noun

三重

1. (～縣) Mie (a prefecture of Japan)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
三	重
さん Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

• 三 (san) "three" + 重 (jū) "-fold, -ply"

Noun

三重 (hiragana さんじゅう, rōmaji sanjū, historical hiragana さんぢゆう)

1. triple, threefold, triplicate

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
三	重
み Grade: 1	え Grade: 3
kun’yomi

• 三 (mi) "three" + 重 (e) "-fold, -ply"

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) み​え [míꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mʲie̞]

Noun

三重 (hiragana みえ, rōmaji mie)

1. triple, threefold, triplicate

   夢 (ゆめ)は二重 (ふたえ)にも三 (み)重 (え)にも膨 (ふく)らむ。

   Yume wa futae nimo mie nimo fukuramu.

   A dream expands in both double and triple.

Proper noun

三重 (hiragana みえ, rōmaji Mie, historical hiragana みへ)

1. Mie, a prefecture of Kinki, Japan.

Synonyms

• 三重県 (Mie-ken)

See also

• 一重 (ひとえ) (hitoe, “single”)
• 二重 (ふたえ) (futae, “double”)
• 三 (み)重 (え) (mie, “triple”)
• 四 (よ)重 (え) (yoe, “quadruple”)
• 五重 (いつえ) (itsue, “quintuple”)
• 六 (む)重 (え) (mue, “sextuple”)
• 七重 (ななえ) (nanae, “septuple”)
• 八 (や)重 (え) (yae, “octuple”)
• 九重 (ここのえ) (kokonoe, “nonuple”)
• 十 (と)重 (え) (toe, “decuple”)
• 二 (は)十 (た)重 (え) (hatae, “vigintuple”)

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

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.