三藩

Chinese

		three	feudatory
trad. (三藩)		三	藩
simp. #(三藩)		三	藩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānfān, Sānfán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄈㄢ, ㄙㄢ ㄈㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saam¹ faan⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lham¹ fan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānfān
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄈㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sanfan
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-fan¹
    • Yale: Sān-fān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanfan
    • Palladius: Саньфань (Sanʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānfán
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄈㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sanfán
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-fan²
    • Yale: Sān-fán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanfarn
    • Palladius: Саньфань (Sanʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ fän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ faan⁴
    • Yale: sāam fàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ faan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ faːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lham¹ fan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬam³³ fan²²/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 三藩

1. (historical) Three Feudatories (three lords of the fiefdoms during the Qing dynasty)

   三藩之亂／三藩之乱  ―  sānfān zhī luàn  ―  Revolt of the Three Feudatories

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English San Francisco.

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 三藩

1. (～市) (chiefly Hong Kong) San Francisco (a city in California, United States)

Usage notes

• The form 三藩市 (Sānfān shì) is common, and possibly more common than analogous forms with other cities (such as 北京市 (Běijīng shì)).

Alternative forms

• 三番市
• 山藩市 (Shānfānshì)

Synonyms

• 舊金山／旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān)