三令五申

Chinese

		three	make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable	five	9th earthly branch; 3–5 p.m.; to extend 9th earthly branch; 3–5 p.m.; to extend; to state; to explain
trad. (三令五申)		三	令	五	申
simp. #(三令五申)		三	令	五	申
Literally: “to give orders three times and explain five times”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānlìngwǔshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄨˇ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ ling⁶ ng⁵ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-lēng-ngó͘-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānlìngwǔshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄨˇ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanlìngwǔshen
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-ling⁴-wu³-shên¹
    • Yale: sān-lìng-wǔ-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanlinqwuushen
    • Palladius: саньлинъушэнь (sanʹlinʺušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ liŋ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ ling⁶ ng⁵ san¹
    • Yale: sāam lihng ńgh sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ ling⁶ ng⁵ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ling⁶ ng⁵ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ lɪŋ²² ŋ̍¹³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-lēng-ngó͘-sin
    • Tâi-lô: sam-līng-ngóo-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samlexngngofsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ liɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ³³⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 三令五申

1. to repeatedly admonish
2. to repeatedly warn

   儘管你三令五申，有許多員工就是不肯照辦。 [MSC, trad.]
   尽管你三令五申，有许多员工就是不肯照办。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jǐnguǎn nǐ sānlìngwǔshēn, yǒu xǔduō yuángōng jiùshì bù kěn zhàobàn. [Pinyin]

   No matter how much you warn and admonish them, there are many employees who just aren't willing to do as they are told.