三不管
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Chinese
[edit]three | not manage; not in charge of | ||
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trad. (三不管) | 三 | 不管 | |
simp. #(三不管) | 三 | 不管 |
Etymology
[edit]Originally referring to the status of Kowloon Walled City. The three parties were the British government, the Chinese government and the Hong Kong government.
Alternatively may be referring to Nanshi in Tianjin, which was an area between the Chinese territory, the French concession and the Japanese concession.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): saam1 bat1 gun2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-put-koán
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sanbùguǎn
- Wade–Giles: san1-pu4-kuan3
- Yale: sān-bù-gwǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanbugoan
- Palladius: саньбугуань (sanʹbuguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saam1 bat1 gun2
- Yale: sāam bāt gún
- Cantonese Pinyin: saam1 bat7 gun2
- Guangdong Romanization: sam1 bed1 gun2
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kuːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-put-koán
- Tâi-lô: sam-put-kuán
- Phofsit Daibuun: samputkoarn
- IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuan⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ kuan⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kuan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
[edit]三不管
- (of an area, matter, event, etc.) to be not managed, controlled, supervised or administered by any party