初三

Chinese

Etymology 1

		first	three
simp. and trad. (初三)		初	三

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūsān

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄙㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ saam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû-sâm
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhoe-saⁿ / chhe-saⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu¹ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūsān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄙㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chusan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-san¹
    • Yale: chū-sān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chusan
    • Palladius: чусань (čusanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ saam¹
    • Yale: chō sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-sâm
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ sam^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ sam²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoe-saⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshue-sann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoesvaf
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻²² sã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ sã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-saⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-sann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhesvaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ sã⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciu¹ san¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiu saⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu³³⁻²³ sã³³/

Noun

初三

1. third day of a lunar month

See also

• 初一 (chūyī)
• 初二 (chū'èr)
• 高一 (gāoyī)
• 高二 (gāo'èr)
• 高三 (gāosān)

Etymology 2

		junior middle school	three
simp. and trad. (初三)		初	三

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūsān

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄙㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ saam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūsān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄙㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chusan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-san¹
    • Yale: chū-sān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chusan
    • Palladius: чусань (čusanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ saam¹
    • Yale: chō sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵/

Noun

初三

1. (Mainland China) third year in junior middle school; ninth grade

Synonyms

• (Taiwan) 國三／国三 (guósān)
• (Hong Kong, Singapore) 中三 (zhōngsān)

See also

• 初一 (chūyī)
• 初二 (chū'èr)
• 高一 (gāoyī)
• 高二 (gāo'èr)
• 高三 (gāosān)