三頭兩日

Chinese

		three	head; (noun suffix)	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (三頭兩日)		三	頭	兩	日
simp. (三头两日)		三	头	两	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāntóuliǎngrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄖˋ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sâm-thèu-lióng-ngit

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sam¹ têu² liong³ ngid⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāntóuliǎngrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: santóuliǎngrìh
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-tʻou²-liang³-jih⁴
    • Yale: sān-tóu-lyǎng-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santourleangryh
    • Palladius: саньтоулянжи (sanʹtouljanži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-thèu-lióng-ngit
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ teu^ˇ liong^ˋ ngid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ teu² liong³ ngid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹ li̯oŋ³¹ ŋit̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sam¹ têu² liong³ ngid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sam⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰeu¹¹ liɔŋ³¹ ŋit̚¹/

Idiom

三頭兩日

1. every two or three days (something bad happens); almost everyday

Synonyms

• 三天兩頭／三天两头 (sāntiānliǎngtóu)
• (Cantonese) 三日唔埋兩日／三日唔埋两日, 三頭唔埋兩日／三头唔埋两日, 三朝兩日／三朝两日