三菱

Chinese

		three	Trapa natans; water caltrop
trad. (三菱)		三	菱
simp. ^#(三菱)		三	菱

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三菱 (Mitsubishi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sānlíng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄌㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ ling⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sâm-lìn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sam-lêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sānlíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄌㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sanlíng
  - Wade–Giles: San¹-ling²
  - Yale: Sān-líng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanling
  - Palladius: Саньлин (Sanʹlin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ ling⁴
  - Yale: sāam lìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ ling⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ling⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sâm-lìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ lin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ lin²
  - Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴ lin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-lêng
  - Tâi-lô: Sam-lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samleeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sam³³ liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/

Proper noun

三菱

Mitsubishi (a Japanese industrial company)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	菱
み(つ) Grade: 1	ひし > びし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 三つ (mitsu, “three”) +‎ 菱 (hishi, “water caltrop → rhombus”), from the three-diamond 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) design.

The hishi changes to bishi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

三(みつ)菱(びし) • (Mitsubishi)

Mitsubishi (industrial company)

Derived terms

三(みつ)菱(びし)化(か)成(せい) (Mitsubishi Kasei)
三(みつ)菱(びし)会(かい)社(しゃ) (Mitsubishi Kaisha)
三(みつ)菱(びし)銀行(ぎんこう) (Mitsubishi Ginkō)
三(みつ)菱(びし)財(ざい)閥(ばつ) (Mitsubishi Zaibatsu)
三(みつ)菱(びし)商事(しょうじ) (Mitsubishi Shōji)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 三菱 (Sānlíng)