三高

三高

Chinese

		three	high; tall
simp. and trad. (三高)		三	高
anagram		高三

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāngāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gou¹
• Wu (Wiktionary): se kau (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāngāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sangao
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-kao¹
    • Yale: sān-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangau
    • Palladius: саньгао (sanʹgao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ gou¹
    • Yale: sāam gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: se kau (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /se̞⁵⁵ kɔ²¹/

Noun

三高

1. (medicine, colloquial) The Three Highs: high blood pressure (hypertension, 高血壓／高血压 (gāoxuèyā)), high blood glucose (hyperglycaemia, 高血糖 (gāoxuètáng)), high blood lipid (hyperlipidaemia, 高血脂 (gāoxuèzhī))

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	高
さん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi	on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さんこー [sàńkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋko̞ː]

Noun

三(さん)高(こう) • (sankō) 

1. (of a potential husband's desired traits) high education (高学歴), high income (高收入), tall height (高身長)
2. (of a potential wife's desired traits) high education (高学歴), high income (高收入), high status (高地位)