三寶

Chinese

		three	a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
trad. (三寶)		三	寶
simp. (三宝)		三	宝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānbǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ bou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānbǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanbǎo
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-pao³
    • Yale: sān-bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanbao
    • Palladius: саньбао (sanʹbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ bou²
    • Yale: sāam bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵/

Noun

三寶

1. three precious things
2. Three Ancestral Treasures
3. (Taoism) Three Treasures
4. (traditional Chinese medicine) Three Treasures
5. (Buddhism) Three Jewels; Triple Gem
6. (Australia, slang) short for 三寶專業／三宝专业 (sānbǎo zhuānyè, “three college majors in demand for Permanent Residency: Education, Nursing, and Social Work”)

Derived terms

• 三寶殿 / 三宝殿
• 佛天三寶 / 佛天三宝
• 東北三寶 / 东北三宝
• 無事不登三寶殿 / 无事不登三宝殿 (wúshì bù dēng sānbǎo diàn)
• 煎釀三寶 / 煎酿三宝 (jiānniàng sānbǎo)
• 馬路三寶 / 马路三宝 (mǎlù sānbǎo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三寶):

• → Japanese: 三宝(さんぼう) (sanbō)
• → Korean: 삼보(三寶) (sambo)
• → Vietnamese: tam bảo (三寶)