三重

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Chinese

three
heavy; serious; to double
heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
 
simp. and trad.
(三重)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Adjective

三重

  1. triple; triplicate

Etymology 2

From 三重埔 (Saⁿ-têng-po͘, literally “the third plain”).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

三重

  1. (, formerly , ) Sanchong (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三重(みえ) (Mie)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

三重

  1. () Mie (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
じゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

(さん)(じゅう) (sanjūさんぢゆう (sandyuu)?

  1. triple, threefold, triplicate

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (mie

  1. triple, threefold, triplicate
    (ゆめ)二重(ふたえ)にも三重(みえ)にも(ふく)らむ。
    Yume wa futae nimo mie nimo fukuramu.
    A dream expands in both double and triple.

Proper noun

()() (Mieみへ (Mife)?

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  1. Mie, a prefecture of Kinki, Japan.
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References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.