三代

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Chinese

three dynasty; generation
simp. and trad.
(三代) 		三 代
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 三 代
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 談 (143) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 蘇甘切 徒耐切
Baxter sam dojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sɑm/ /dʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sɑm/ /dəiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɑm/ /dɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sam/ /dəjH/
Li
Rong 		/sɑm/ /dᴀiH/
Wang
Li 		/sɑm/ /dɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/sɑm/ /dʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sān dài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		saam1 doi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 三 代
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sān dài
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sam › ‹ dojH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s.rum/ (*s.r- > s-; infl. by 四 *s-?) /*lˁək-s/
English three replace

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 三 代
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 10963 14963
Phonetic
component 		三 弋
Rime
group 		侵 代
Rime
subdivision 		3 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		三 代
Old
Chinese 		/*suːm/ /*l'ɯːɡs/

Proper noun

三代

  1. (historical) the Three Dynasties: a collective name for the pre-imperial dynasties of Xia, Shang and Zhou

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name Time period Divisions
Xia
夏 (～朝, ～代) 		2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang
商 (～朝, ～代)
殷 (～朝, ～代) 		1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou
周 (～朝, ～代) 		1046 – 256 BCE Western Zhou
西周
Eastern Zhou
東周／东周		 Spring and Autumn period
春秋
Warring States period
戰國／战国
Qin
秦 (～朝, ～代) 		221 – 206 BCE
Han
漢／汉 (～朝, ～代) 		206 BCE – 220 C.E. Western Han
西漢／西汉
Xin
新 (～朝)
Eastern Han
東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms
三國／三国 		220 – 280 C.E. Wei
魏
Shu Han
蜀漢／蜀汉
Wu
吳／吴
Jin
晉／晋 (～朝, ～代) 		265 – 420 C.E. Western Jin
西晉／西晋
Eastern Jin
東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties
南北朝 		420 – 589 C.E. Northern dynasties
北朝		 Northern Wei
北魏
Western Wei
西魏
Eastern Wei
東魏／东魏
Northern Zhou
北周
Northern Qi
北齊／北齐
Southern dynasties
南朝		 Liu Song
劉宋／刘宋
Southern Qi
南齊／南齐
Liang
梁 (～朝, ～代)
Chen
陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui
隋 (～朝, ～代) 		581 – 618 C.E.
Tang
唐 (～朝, ～代) 		618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
五代十國／五代十国 		907 – 960 C.E.
Liao
遼／辽 (～朝, ～代) 		907 – 1125 C.E.
Song
宋 (～朝, ～代) 		960 – 1279 C.E. Northern Song
北宋
Southern Song
南宋
Western Xia
西夏 		1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin
金 (～朝, ～代) 		1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao
西遼／西辽 		1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan
元 (～朝, ～代) 		1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming
明 (～朝, ～代) 		1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing
清 (～朝, ～代) 		1636 – 1912 C.E.

Noun

三代

  1. three generations (of a family)
  2. great-grandfather, grandfather and father

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