三英

Chinese

		three	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (三英)		三	英
simp. #(三英)		三	英

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ jing¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹se-in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanying
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-ying¹
    • Yale: sān-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saning
    • Palladius: саньин (sanʹin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ jing¹
    • Yale: sāam yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ jɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹se-in
    • MiniDict: se^平 in
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-in
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ in²¹/

Noun

三英

1. (archaic) three heroes
   1. (specifically) Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei

      三英戰呂布／三英战吕布  ―  sānyīng zhàn Lǚ Bù  ―  Three Heroes versus Lü Bu, a famous plot in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter Five

2. (obsolete) ornaments on a fur coat

   • 羔裘晏兮，三英粲兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gāoqiú yàn xī, sānyīng càn xī. [Pinyin]

     How splendid is his lamb's fur!
     How bright are its three ornaments!