三英

Chinese

		three	flower; hero; brave flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (三英)		三	英
simp. ^#(三英)		三	英

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānyīng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ jing¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹se-in

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānyīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sanying
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-ying¹
  - Yale: sān-yīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saning
  - Palladius: саньин (sanʹin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    三鷹 / 三鹰
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ jing¹
  - Yale: sāam yīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ jing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ying¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ jɪŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹se-in
  - MiniDict: se^平 in
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-in
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ in²¹/

Noun

三英

(archaic) three heroes
1. (specifically) Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei
  三英戰呂布／三英战吕布 ― sānyīng zhàn Lǚ Bù ― Three Heroes versus Lü Bu, a famous plot in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter Five
(obsolete) ornaments on a fur coat
- 羔裘晏兮，三英粲兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Gāoqiú yàn xī, sānyīng càn xī. [Pinyin]
  How splendid is his lamb's fur!
  How bright are its three ornaments!