三跪九叩

Chinese

		three	kneel	nine	knock
simp. and trad. (三跪九叩)		三	跪	九	叩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānguìjiǔkòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gwai⁶ gau² kau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-kūi-kiú-khàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānguìjiǔkòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanguèijiǒukòu
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-kuei⁴-chiu³-kʻou⁴
    • Yale: sān-gwèi-jyǒu-kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangueyjeoukow
    • Palladius: саньгуйцзюкоу (sanʹgujczjukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ gwai⁶ gau² kau³
    • Yale: sāam gwaih gáu kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gwai⁶ gau² kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ guei⁶ geo² keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯²² kɐu̯³⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-kūi-kiú-khàu
    • Tâi-lô: sam-kuī-kiú-khàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samkuixkiw'qaux
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kui³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kui³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau¹¹/

Noun

三跪九叩

1. the ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows