三跪九叩

Chinese

		three	kneel	nine	knock
simp. and trad. (三跪九叩)		三	跪	九	叩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānguìjiǔkòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ gwai⁶ gau² kau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-kūi-kiú-khàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānguìjiǔkòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanguèijiǒukòu
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-kuei⁴-chiu³-kʻou⁴
    • Yale: sān-gwèi-jyǒu-kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sangueyjeoukow
    • Palladius: саньгуйцзюкоу (sanʹgujczjukou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ gwai⁶ gau² kau³
    • Yale: sāam gwaih gáu kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ gwai⁶ gau² kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ guei⁶ geo² keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯²² kɐu̯³⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-kūi-kiú-khàu
    • Tâi-lô: sam-kuī-kiú-khàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samkuixkiw'qaux
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kui³³⁻²¹ kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ kui³³⁻¹¹ kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sam|samH khjweX|gjweX kjuwX khuwX

Rime
Character	三	三	跪	跪	九	叩
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)	溪 (29)	群 (30)	見 (28)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	談 (143)	支 (14)	支 (14)	尤 (136)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III	III	III	I
Fanqie	蘇甘切	蘇暫切	去委切	渠委切	舉有切	苦后切
Baxter	sam	samH	khjweX	gjweX	kjuwX	khuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/kʰˠiuᴇX/	/ɡˠiuᴇX/	/kɨuX/	/kʰəuX/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/kʰʷᵚiɛX/	/ɡʷᵚiɛX/	/kiuX/	/kʰəuX/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/kʰiuɛX/	/ɡiuɛX/	/kiəuX/	/kʰəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/samH/	/kʰjwiə̆X/	/gjwiə̆X/	/kuwX/	/kʰəwX/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/kʰjueX/	/ɡjueX/	/kiuX/	/kʰuX/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/kʰǐweX/	/ɡǐweX/	/kĭəuX/	/kʰəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/sɑmH/	/kʰwie̯X/	/gwie̯X/	/ki̯ə̯uX/	/kʰə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	sàn	kuǐ	guì	jiǔ	kǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1	saam3	fai2	gwai6	gau2	hau2

Noun

三跪九叩

1. the ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows