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three
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heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
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simp. and trad. (三重)
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三
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
三重
- triple; triplicate
Etymology 2
From 三重埔 (Saⁿ-têng-po͘, literally “the third plain”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
三重
- (~區, formerly ~市, ~鎮) Sanchong (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)
Synonyms
- (Hokkien) 三重埔 (Saⁿ-têng-po͘)
Etymology 3
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三重 (Mie)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
三重
- (~縣) Mie (a prefecture of Japan)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Noun
三重 • (sanjū) ←さんぢゆう (sandyuu)?
- triple, threefold, triplicate
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
三重 • (mie)
- triple, threefold, triplicate
- 夢は二重にも三重にも膨らむ。
- Yume wa futae nimo mie nimo fukuramu.
- A dream expands in both double and triple.
Proper noun
三重 • (Mie) ←みへ (Mife)?
- Mie, a prefecture of Kinki, Japan.
Synonyms
See also
- 一重 (hitoe, “single”)
- 二重 (futae, “double”)
- 三重 (mie, “triple”)
- 四重 (yoe, “quadruple”)
- 五重 (itsue, “quintuple”)
- 六重 (mue, “sextuple”)
- 七重 (nanae, “septuple”)
- 八重 (yae, “octuple”)
- 九重 (kokonoe, “nonuple”)
- 十重 (toe, “decuple”)
- 二十重 (hatae, “vigintuple”)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.