三番五次

Chinese

		three	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name	five	number of times; order; sequence number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)
trad. (三番五次)		三	番	五	次
simp. ^#(三番五次)		三	番	五	次

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): sānfānwǔcì

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄈㄢㄨˇ ㄘˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san¹ fan¹ wu³ ci⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ faan¹ ng⁵ ci³
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sam¹ fan¹ n³ ci⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): san¹ fan¹ vu² ci³
Eastern Min (BUC): săng-*huăng-ngô-*ché̤ṳ
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): san¹ fan¹ u³ cr⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānfānwǔcì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄈㄢㄨˇ ㄘˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanfanwǔcìh
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-fan¹-wu³-tzʻŭ⁴
  - Yale: sān-fān-wǔ-tsz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanfanwuutsyh
  - Palladius: саньфаньуцы (sanʹfanʹucy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: san¹ fan¹ wu³ ci⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sanfanwc
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /san⁵⁵ fan⁵⁵ vu⁵³ t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ faan¹ ng⁵ ci³
  - Yale: sāam fāan ńgh chi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ faan¹ ng⁵ tsi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ fan¹ ng⁵ qi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵ ŋ̍¹³ t͡sʰiː³³/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sam¹ fan¹ n³ ci⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sam⁴⁴ fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ n̩³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: san¹ fan¹ vu² ci³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /sæ̃¹¹ fæ̃¹¹ vu⁵³ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-*huăng-ngô-*ché̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵ huaŋ⁵⁵⁽⁻²¹⁾ ŋu²⁴²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰøy²¹³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: san¹ fan¹ u³ cr⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /san³³ ɸan³³ u⁴¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/

Idiom

三番五次

again and again; time and again
- 郭孝子放聲大哭道：「父親不認兒子，兒子到底是要認父親的！」三番五次，纏的老和尚急了，說道：「你是何處光棍，敢來鬧我們！快出去！我要關山門！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  郭孝子放声大哭道：「父亲不认儿子，儿子到底是要认父亲的！」三番五次，缠的老和尚急了，说道：「你是何处光棍，敢来闹我们！快出去！我要关山门！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Guō xiàozǐ fàngshēng dàkū dào: “Fùqīn bù rèn érzǐ, érzǐ dàodǐ shì yào rèn fùqīn de!” Sānfānwǔcì, chán de lǎo héshàng jí le, shuōdào: “Nǐ shì héchù guānggùn, gǎn lái nào wǒmen! Kuài chūqù! Wǒ yào guān shānmén!”
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 三番五次 (“again and again; time and again; over and over again”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		三番五次, 三番兩次, 幾次三番, 屢次三番
Mandarin	Taiwan	三番兩次
	Harbin	三番五次
	Yantai (Muping)	三番五次
	Jinan	三番兩次, 三番五次
	Wanrong	三回五回
	Xi'an	三番五次
	Yinchuan	三番五次
	Lanzhou	三番五次
	Xining	三番五次
	Ürümqi	三番兩次
	Wuhan	屢次三番, 三番兩次
	Chengdu	三番五次, 三番兩次
	Guiyang	三番五次, 三番兩次
	Xuzhou	兩次三番, 三番五次, 三番兩次, 五次三番
	Yangzhou	三番五次, 三番兩次, 五次三番, 屢次三番
	Nanjing	三番五次, 三番兩次
Cantonese	Hong Kong	三番四次
Cantonese	Dongguan	三番五次, 三番兩次
Gan	Nanchang	三番兩次
	Lichuan	三番兩趟
	Pingxiang	三番兩次
Hakka	Meixian	三番五次
	Yudu	三番五次
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	三番兩次
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	三番兩次
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	三番兩次
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	三番兩次
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	三番兩次
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	三番兩次
Jin	Taiyuan	三番兩次, 三番五次, 幾次三番
Jin	Xinzhou	三番五次
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	三番兩次, 三番五次
Southern Min	Xiamen	三擺兩擺
Southern Min	Haikou	三番五次
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	三番四次, 三番兩次
Wu	Suzhou	三番五次, 幾次三番
	Danyang	三番五次, 三番兩次
	Hangzhou	三番五次, 三番兩次
	Ningbo	三番兩次
	Wenzhou	三番兩次
	Jinhua	三番兩次
Xiang	Changsha	三番五次, 三番兩次

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