三重

Chinese

		three	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
simp. and trad. (三重)		三	重

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ cung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-têng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanchóng
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-chʻung²
    • Yale: sān-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchorng
    • Palladius: саньчун (sanʹčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: sāam chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-têng
    • Tâi-lô: sann-tîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sva'deeng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²³/

Adjective

三重

1. triple; triplicate

Etymology 2

From 三重埔 (Saⁿ-têng-po͘, literally “the third plain”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ cung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sâm-chhùng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sam-tiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sanchóng
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-chʻung²
    • Yale: Sān-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanchorng
    • Palladius: Саньчун (Sanʹčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: sāam chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sâm-chhùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ cung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ cung²
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-tiông
    • Tâi-lô: Sam-tiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samdioong
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ tiɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³/

Proper noun

三重

1. (～區, formerly ～市, ～鎮) Sanchong (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 三重埔 (Saⁿ-têng-po͘)

Etymology 3

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三重(みえ) (Mie)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sanchóng
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-chʻung²
    • Yale: Sān-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanchorng
    • Palladius: Саньчун (Sanʹčun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: sāam chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Proper noun

三重

1. (～縣) Mie (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
三	重
さん Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

• 三 (san) "three" + 重 (jū) "-fold, -ply"

Noun

三(さん)重(じゅう) • (sanjū) ^{←さんぢゆう (sandyuu)?}

1. triple, threefold, triplicate

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
三	重
み Grade: 1	え Grade: 3
kun'yomi

• 三 (mi) "three" + 重 (e) "-fold, -ply"

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みえ [míꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲie̞]

Noun

三(み)重(え) • (mie) 

1. triple, threefold, triplicate

   夢(ゆめ)は二重(ふたえ)にも三重(みえ)にも膨(ふく)らむ。

   Yume wa futae nimo mie nimo fukuramu.

   A dream expands in both double and triple.

Proper noun

三(み)重(え) • (Mie) ^{←みへ (Mife)?}

1. Mie, a prefecture of Kinki, Japan.

Synonyms

• 三重県 (Mie-ken)

See also

• トリプル (toripuru)
• 一重(ひとえ) (hitoe, “single”)
• 二重(ふたえ) (futae, “double”)
• 四重(よえ) (yoe, “quadruple”)
• 五重(いつえ) (itsue, “quintuple”)
• 六重(むえ) (mue, “sextuple”)
• 七重(ななえ) (nanae, “septuple”)
• 八重(やえ) (yae, “octuple”)
• 九重(ここのえ) (kokonoe, “nonuple”)
• 十重(とえ) (toe, “decuple”)
• 二十重(はたえ) (hatae, “vigintuple”)

References

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN