三明治

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (三明治)		三	明	治

Etymology

Borrowed from English sandwich.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānmíngzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ ming⁴ zi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-mìn-chhṳ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹se-min-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānmíngzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanmíngjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-ming²-chih⁴
    • Yale: sān-míng-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanmingjyh
    • Palladius: саньминчжи (sanʹminčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ ming⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: sāam mìhng jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ ming⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ming⁴ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-mìn-chhṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ minˇ cii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ min² ci⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴ min¹¹ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹se-min-zy
    • MiniDict: se^平 min zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-min-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ min³³ zz̩²¹/

Noun

三明治

1. sandwich

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 三明治 (“sandwich”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		三明治, 三文治, 三味治 rare
Mandarin	Beijing	三明治
	Taiwan	三明治
	Wuhan	三梅子 dated
	Guilin	三明治
	Singapore	三文治
Cantonese	Guangzhou	三文治
	Hong Kong	三文治
	Macau	三文治
	Dongguan	三文治
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	三明治
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	三明治
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	三文治
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	三文治
	Móng Cái	三明治
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	三明治
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	三明治
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	三明治
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	三明治
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	三明治
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	三明治
	Senai (Huiyang)	三文治
Southern Min	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	三文治
Wu	Shanghai	三明治

Derived terms

• 潛艇三明治／潜艇三明治 (qiántǐng sānmíngzhì)