三時
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Chinese
| three | o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (三時) | 三 | 時 | |
| simp. (三时) | 三 | 时 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄕˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sanshíh
- Wade–Giles: san1-shih2
- Yale: sān-shŕ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshyr
- Palladius: саньши (sanʹši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: sam dzyi
Noun
三時
- spring, summer and autumn UK / fall US (the farming seasons)
- (literary) morning, midday and evening; time during which people are normally awake
- 殺氣三時作陣雲，寒聲一夜傳刁斗。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 738, Gao Shi (高適),《燕歌行》, translated by Wang Yushu
- Shāqì sānshí zuò zhènyún, hán shēng yīyè chuán diāodǒu.
- All day long, circumstance threatening death o’erhung like cloud;
All night long, rang the copper vessel with trembling sound loud.
杀气三时作阵云，寒声一夜传刁斗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Buddhism) the three epochs: 正法 (zhèngfǎ, “the age of legitimacy”) , 像法 (xiàngfǎ, “the age of imitation”) and 末法 (mòfǎ, “the age of decadence”)
Further reading
- Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922),
“三時” in 佛學大辭典 .
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 三 | 時 |
| さん Grade: 1 |
じ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 3時 |
Etymology
From 三 (san, “three”) + 時 (ji, “o'clock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
- 三時のお八つ (sanji no oyatsu, “afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea”)
- 御三時 (osanji, “three-o'clock snack”)
See also
Japanese counter/suffix: 時 (じ, ji) | |||
| 1 | 一時 | いちじ | ichiji |
| 2 | 二時 | にじ | niji |
| 3 | 三時 | さんじ | sanji |
| 4 | 四時 | よじ | yoji |
| 5 | 五時 | ごじ | goji |
| 6 | 六時 | ろくじ | rokuji |
| 7 | 七時 | しちじ、ななじ | shichiji, nanaji |
| 8 | 八時 | はちじ | hachiji |
| 9 | 九時 | くじ | kuji |
| 10 | 十時 | じゅうじ | jūji |
| 11 | 十一時 | じゅういちじ | jūichiji |
| 12 | 十二時 | じゅうにじ | jūniji |
| 0 | 零時 | れいじ、ゼロじ | reiji, zeroji |
| ? | 何時 | なんじ | nanji |