三思

Chinese

		three	to think; to consider
simp. and trad. (三思)		三	思

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānsī, sànsī

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄙ, ㄙㄢˋ ㄙ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam³ si¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-sṳ̂
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sàm-su / sàm-sir / sam-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sansih
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: sān-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sansy
  - Palladius: саньсы (sanʹsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sànsī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˋ ㄙ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sànsih
  - Wade–Giles: san⁴-ssŭ¹
  - Yale: sàn-sz̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sannsy
  - Palladius: саньсы (sanʹsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam³ si¹
  - Yale: saam sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam³ si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam³ xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm³³ siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ sii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàm-su
  - Tâi-lô: sàm-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sarmsw
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam²¹⁻⁴¹ su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sam¹¹⁻⁵³ su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàm-sir
  - Tâi-lô: sàm-sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-su
  - Tâi-lô: sam-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samsw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

Verb

三思

to think carefully (before taking action); to think twice; to contemplate
- 1854, 《養心神詩新編》, 藔仔後花旗舘寓, hymn 11:
  
  日冥三思上帝法度　此人呌做有福 [Hokkien, trad.]
  日冥三思上帝法度　此人叫做有福 [Hokkien, simp.]
  ji̍t-mî sàm-su Siōng-tè hoat-tō͘, ché lâng kiò-chòe ū hok [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Meditating on the law of God day and night, this man is blessed

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