三兩

Chinese

		three	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael
trad. (三兩)		三	兩
simp. (三两)		三	两

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānliǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ loeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānliǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanliǎng
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-liang³
    • Yale: sān-lyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanleang
    • Palladius: саньлян (sanʹljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ loeng⁵
    • Yale: sāam léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ lœːŋ¹³/

Determiner

三兩

1. a few

   部𨋢三兩日壞一次。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   部䢂三两日坏一次。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   bou⁶ lip¹ saam¹ loeng⁵ jat⁶ waai⁶ jat¹ ci³. [Jyutping]

   The lift breaks down every few days.

   • 南昌的夏天越來越熱，入夜後，很多人在家裡坐不住，就約上三兩好友到夜市，點一份龍蝦，弄一份烤魚，喝一碗瓦罐煨湯——好不愜意！ [MSC, trad.]
     南昌的夏天越来越热，入夜后，很多人在家里坐不住，就约上三两好友到夜市，点一份龙虾，弄一份烤鱼，喝一碗瓦罐煨汤——好不惬意！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 叶旭洋, 曾林浩 (2016 August 9) “喧闹烟熏的夜市令人烦”, in People's Daily (in Chinese), page 20

     Nánchāng de xiàtiān yuèláiyuè rè, rùyè hòu, hěn duō rén zài jiālǐ zuòbùzhù, jiù yuē shàng sānliǎng hǎoyǒu dào yèshì, diǎn yī fèn lóngxiā, nòng yī fèn kǎoyú, hē yī wǎn wǎguànwēitāng — hǎobù qièyì! [Pinyin]

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