三頭六臂
Chinese
| three | head; (noun suffix) | six | arm | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (三頭六臂) | 三 | 頭 | 六 | 臂 | |
| simp. (三头六臂) | 三 | 头 | 六 | 臂 | |
| Literally: “three heads and six arms”. | |||||
Etymology
Originally describing the appearance of the mythological figure Nezha.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): saam1 tau4 luk6 bei3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sam-thô͘-lio̍k-pì / sam-thiô-lio̍k-pì / sam-thâu-lio̍k-pì
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sāntóuliùbì
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: santóuliòubì
- Wade–Giles: san1-tʻou2-liu4-pi4
- Yale: sān-tóu-lyòu-bì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santourliowbih
- Palladius: саньтоулюби (sanʹtouljubi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saam1 tau4 luk6 bei3
- Yale: sāam tàuh luhk bei
- Cantonese Pinyin: saam1 tau4 luk9 bei3
- Guangdong Romanization: sam1 teo4 lug6 béi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːm⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ lʊk̚² pei̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-thô͘-lio̍k-pì
- Tâi-lô: sam-thôo-lio̍k-pì
- Phofsit Daibuun: samtoliogpix
- IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴ liɔk̚⁴⁻³² pi²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-thiô-lio̍k-pì
- Tâi-lô: sam-thiô-lio̍k-pì
- Phofsit Daibuun: samtioiliogpix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɤ²³ liɔk̚⁴⁻³² pi²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰio²⁴ liɔk̚⁴⁻³² pi¹¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-thâu-lio̍k-pì
- Tâi-lô: sam-thâu-lio̍k-pì
- Phofsit Daibuun: samtauliogpix
- IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴ liɔk̚⁴⁻³² pi¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³ liɔk̚⁴⁻³² pi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Idiom
三頭六臂
- (figurative) (having) superhuman powers