Chinese

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three
to ear; beautiful; elegant
to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show
 
trad. (三秀)
simp. #(三秀)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (16) (16) (16)
Final () (143) (143) (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () I I III
Fanqie
Baxter sam samH sjuwH
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/sɑm/ /sɑmH/ /si̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sān sàn xiù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
saam1 saam3 sau3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 10963 10965 13934
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*suːm/ /*suːms/ /*slus/

Noun

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三秀

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

Derived terms

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