三天兩頭
Chinese
| three | day; sky; heaven | both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael |
head; (noun suffix) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (三天兩頭) | 三 | 天 | 兩 | 頭 | |
| simp. (三天两头) | 三 | 天 | 两 | 头 | |
| Literally: “twice every three days”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sāntiānliǎngtóu
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: santianliǎngtóu
- Wade–Giles: san1-tʻien1-liang3-tʻou2
- Yale: sān-tyān-lyǎng-tóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santianleangtour
- Palladius: саньтяньлянтоу (sanʹtjanʹljantou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sāntiānliǎngtóur
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: santianliǎngtóur
- Wade–Giles: san1-tʻien1-liang3-tʻou2-ʼrh
- Yale: sān-tyān-lyǎng-tóur
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santianleangtourl
- Palladius: саньтяньлянтоур (sanʹtjanʹljantour)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saam1 tin1 loeng5 tau4
- Yale: sāam tīn léuhng tàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: saam1 tin1 loeng5 tau4
- Guangdong Romanization: sam1 tin1 lêng5 teo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːm⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
三天兩頭