三星

Chinese

		three	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (三星)		三	星

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sānxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san¹ xin¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-sên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-chheⁿ / saⁿ-chhiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sansing
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: sān-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanshing
    • Palladius: саньсин (sanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: san¹ xin¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: san xin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /san⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ sing¹
    • Yale: sāam sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ sen^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sann-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svazhvef
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sann-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svachvy
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ t͡sʰĩ³³/

Noun

三星

1. (astronomy) the three major stars of Shenxiu

Proper noun

三星

1. (Chinese mythology) the Sanxing (Gods of Happiness, Wealth and Longevity)
2. Sanxing, any of various townships in China, including:
   1. (～鄉) Sanxing (a township in Enyang district, Bazhong, Sichuan, China)
   2. (～鎮) Sanxing (a town in Jianyang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
   3. (～鎮) Sanxing (a town in Jintang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
   4. (～鎮) Sanxing (a town in Chongming district, Shanghai, China)
   5. (～鄉) Sanxing (a township in Shizhu, Chongqing, China)
   6. (～鎮) Sanxing (a town in Shuangliu district, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
   7. (～鎮) Sanxing (former name of 泉水 (quánshuǐ): a town in Rucheng, Chenzhou, Hunan, China; name used until 2012)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sansing
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: Sān-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanshing
    • Palladius: Саньсин (Sanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ sing¹
    • Yale: sāam sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

三星

1. Samsung (South Korean conglomerate)

Descendants

• → Zhuang: Sanhsingh

Etymology 3

In 1920, the Japanese government carried out a major reform of place names in Taiwan. There is no basis in either meaning or pronunciation for the change.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sâm-sên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sam-sing

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sansing
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: Sān-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanshing
    • Palladius: Саньсин (Sanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sâm-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ sen^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-sing
    • Tâi-lô: Sam-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samsyng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² siŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ siŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² siŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ siŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ siŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

三星

1. (～鄉) Sanxing (a rural township in Yilan County, Taiwan)

Etymology 4

From a tradition passed down through generations that three large stones remaining in the fields were “stars” that had fallen from the sky.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sansing
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: Sān-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanshing
    • Palladius: Саньсин (Sanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

三星

1. (～村) Sanxing (a village in Zhulin, Jintan district, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China)

Korean

Hanja in this term
三	星

Proper noun

三星 • (samseong) (hangeul 삼성)

1. hanja form^? of 삼성 (“Samsung”)