三菱

Chinese

		three	Trapa natans; water caltrop
trad. (三菱)		三	菱
simp. #(三菱)		三	菱

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三菱 (Mitsubishi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānlíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ ling⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sâm-lìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sam-lêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānlíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sanlíng
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-ling²
    • Yale: Sān-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanling
    • Palladius: Саньлин (Sanʹlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: sāam lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sâm-lìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ linˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ lin²
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴ lin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: Sam-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samleeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sam³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/

Proper noun

三菱

1. Mitsubishi (a Japanese industrial company)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	菱
み(つ) Grade: 1	ひし > びし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 三つ (mitsu, “three”) +‎ 菱 (hishi, “water caltrop → rhombus”), from the three-diamond 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) design.

The hishi changes to bishi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

三(みつ)菱(びし) • (Mitsubishi) 

1. Mitsubishi (industrial company)

Derived terms

• 三(みつ)菱(びし)化(か)成(せい) (Mitsubishi Kasei)
• 三(みつ)菱(びし)会(かい)社(しゃ) (Mitsubishi Kaisha)
• 三(みつ)菱(びし)銀行(ぎんこう) (Mitsubishi Ginkō)
• 三(みつ)菱(びし)財(ざい)閥(ばつ) (Mitsubishi Zaibatsu)
• 三(みつ)菱(びし)商事(しょうじ) (Mitsubishi Shōji)

Descendants

• Chinese: 三菱 (Sānlíng)