三六

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Chinese

three six
simp. and trad.
(三六) 		三 六

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

三六

  1. three sixes; eighteen

Etymology 2

Three plus six is nine 九, which is homophonous to 狗 (“dog”) in some varieties.

Pronunciation

Noun

三六

  1. (Cantonese) dog meat
  2. (Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua) dog
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 狗肉 (“dog meat”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 狗肉
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 狗肉
Malaysia 狗肉
Singapore 狗肉
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 地羊肉
Liuzhou 狗肉, 香肉, 地羊
Cantonese Guangzhou 狗肉, 香肉, 三六, 三六香肉
Hong Kong 狗肉, 香肉, 三六
Dongguan 狗肉, 香肉
Gan Nanchang 狗肉
Hakka Meixian 狗肉
Southern Min Quanzhou 狗肉
Jinjiang 狗肉
Kinmen (Jinsha) 狗肉
Singapore (Hokkien) 狗肉
Manila (Hokkien) 狗肉
Shantou 狗肉
Haikou 四五
Xiang Changsha 地羊肉
Dialectal synonyms of 狗 (“dog”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 犬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 狗
Taxonomic name 犬
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 狗
Taiwan 狗
Chengde 狗
Chifeng 狗
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 狗
Heihe 狗
Qiqihar 狗
Harbin 狗
Jiamusi 狗
Baicheng 狗
Changchun 狗
Tonghua 狗
Shenyang 狗
Jinzhou 狗
Malaysia 狗
Singapore 狗
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 狗
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 狗
Tangshan 狗
Cangzhou 狗
Baoding 狗
Shijiazhuang 狗
Lijin 狗
Jinan 狗
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 狗
Dandong 狗
Yantai 狗子
Yantai (Muping) 狗子, 狗
Qingdao 狗
Zhucheng 狗
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 狗
Lingbao 狗
Jining 狗
Wanrong 狗
Linfen 狗
Shangqiu 狗
Yuanyang 狗
Zhengzhou 狗
Xinyang 狗
Baihe 狗, 狗子
Xi'an 狗
Dingbian 狗
Baoji 狗
Tianshui 狗
Xining 狗
Yanqi 狗
Xuzhou 狗
Fuyang 狗
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 狗
Lanzhou 狗
Dunhuang 狗
Hami 狗
Ürümqi 狗
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 狗
Nanchong 狗
Dazhou 狗
Hanyuan 狗
Xichang 狗
Zigong 狗
Chongqing 狗, 狗兒
Wuhan 狗, 狗子, 狗狗 childish, 來富 dated
Yichang 狗, 狗子
Xiangyang 狗, 狗子
Tianmen 狗, 狗子
Guiyang 狗
Zunyi 狗
Bijie 狗
Liping 狗
Zhaotong 狗
Dali 狗
Kunming 狗
Mengzi 狗
Guilin 狗
Liuzhou 狗, 狗崽, 三六, 地羊 as food
Jishou 狗
Changde 狗, 狗子
Hanzhong 狗
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 狗
Yangzhou 狗, 狗子
Lianyungang 狗
Lianshui 狗
Nantong 狗, 狗子
Anqing 狗
Wuhu 狗
Hefei 狗
Hong'an 狗子
Cantonese Guangzhou 狗
Hong Kong 狗, 㕵㕵 childish, 㕵㕵狗 childish
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 狗
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 狗
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 狗
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 狗
Macau 狗
Guangzhou (Panyu) 狗
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 狗
Guangzhou (Conghua) 狗
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 狗
Foshan 狗
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 狗
Foshan (Shunde) 狗
Foshan (Sanshui) 狗
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 狗
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 狗
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 狗
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 狗
Zhuhai (Doumen) 狗
Jiangmen (Baisha) 狗
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 狗
Taishan 狗
Kaiping (Chikan) 狗
Enping (Niujiang) 狗
Heshan (Yayao) 狗
Dongguan 狗
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 狗
Shaoguan 狗
Yunfu 狗
Yangjiang 狗
Xinyi 狗
Lianjiang 狗
Nanning 狗
Wuzhou 狗
Yulin 狗
Hepu (Lianzhou) 狗
Beihai 狗
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 狗
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 狗
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 狗
Penang (Guangfu) 狗
Singapore (Guangfu) 狗
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 狗
Móng Cái 狗
Gan Nanchang 狗
Lichuan 狗
Pingxiang 狗
Hakka Meixian 狗, 無角羊
Dabu (Xihe) 狗
Dabu (Taoyuan) 狗
Dabu (Gaobei) 狗
Fengshun (Tangkeng) 狗
Fengshun (Fengliang) 狗
Fengshun (Pantian) 狗
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 狗
Dongguan (Qingxi) 狗
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 狗
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 狗
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 狗
Changting 狗
Yudu 狗子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 狗仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 狗仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 狗, 狗仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 狗
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 狗
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 狗
Hong Kong 狗
Luchuan (Daqiao) 狗
Sabah (Longchuan) 狗
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 狗
Senai (Huiyang) 狗
Kuching (Hepo) 狗
Singkawang 狗
Huizhou Jixi 狗
Shexian 狗
Jin Taiyuan 狗兒, 狗
Yangyuan 狗
Datong 狗, 狗娃子
Xinzhou 狗
Lüliang (Lishi) 狗兒
Changzhi 狗
Linhe 狗, 狗子
Jining 狗
Hohhot 狗
Erenhot 狗
Pingshan 狗
Zhangjiakou 狗
Handan 狗
Linzhou 狗
Suide 狗
Northern Min Jian'ou 狗仔, 狗
Eastern Min Fuzhou 犬, 犬囝
Fuzhou (Changle) 犬
Fuqing 犬
Yongtai 犬
Gutian 犬
Fu'an 犬
Ningde 犬
Shouning 犬
Zhouning 犬
Fuding 犬
Matsu 犬
Southern Min Xiamen 狗
Quanzhou 狗
Zhangzhou 狗
Zhao'an 狗
Kaohsiung 狗
Yilan 狗
Changhua (Lukang) 狗
Taichung 狗
Taichung (Wuqi) 狗
Tainan 狗仔
Taitung 狗
Hsinchu 狗
Penghu (Magong) 狗
Penang (Hokkien) 狗
Singapore (Hokkien) 狗
Manila (Hokkien) 狗
Pingnan (Shangdu) 狗
Chaozhou 狗
Shantou 狗
Haifeng 狗
Bangkok (Teochew) 狗
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 狗
Singapore (Teochew) 狗
Leizhou 狗, 四五
Wenchang 狗
Haikou 狗
Singapore (Hainanese) 狗
Puxian Min Putian 狗
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 狗
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 狗
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 狗
Xianyou 狗, 狗囝
Xianyou (Fengting) 狗, 狗囝
Xianyou (Youyang) 狗, 狗囝
Central Min Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) 狗
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 狗
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 狗, 地羊 dated, euphemistic, 三六 argot, 四打五 argot
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 狗
Shehua Fu'an 狗
Fuding 狗
Luoyuan 狗
Sanming 狗
Shunchang 狗
Hua'an 狗
Guixi (Zhangping) 狗
Cangnan 狗
Jingning (Hexi) 狗
Lishui 狗
Longyou 狗
Chaozhou 狗
Fengshun 狗
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 犬
Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 犬
Luxi (Baisha) 犬
Luxi (Liangjiatan) 犬
Luxi (Lijiatian) 犬
Chengbu (Xuntou) 犬
Wu Shanghai 狗, 汪汪狗 childish
Shanghai (Chongming) 狗
Suzhou 狗
Danyang 狗子
Hangzhou 狗
Ningbo 黃狗
Wenzhou 狗, 𡀿𡀿 childish
Jinhua 狗
Xiang Changsha 狗
Xiangxiang 狗
Loudi 狗
Shuangfeng 狗
Hengyang 狗, 災狗子 derogatory
Quanzhou 狗
Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三 六
さぶ
Grade: 1 		ろく
Grade: 1
irregular on'yomi

Numeral

三(さぶ)六(ろく) • (saburoku) 

  1. three sixes; eighteen
    三(さぶ)六(ろく)、十(じゅう)八(はち)。
    Saburoku, jūhachi.
    Three sixes are eighteen.
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