三秦

Chinese

		three	surname; name of a dynasty
trad. (三秦)		三	秦
simp. #(三秦)		三	秦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ ceon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sancín
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-chʻin²
    • Yale: Sān-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanchyn
    • Palladius: Саньцинь (Sanʹcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ ceon⁴
    • Yale: sāam chèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsoen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ cên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sam dzin

Rime
Character	三	秦
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蘇甘切	匠鄰切
Baxter	sam	dzin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑm/	/d͡ziɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑm/	/d͡zin/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑm/	/d͡zjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sam/	/d͡zin/
Li Rong	/sɑm/	/d͡ziĕn/
Wang Li	/sɑm/	/d͡zĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑm/	/d͡zʱi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sān	qín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saam1	can4

Proper noun

三秦

1. (historical) Three Qins, three of the Eighteen Kingdoms created by Xiang Yu in Chinese history
2. Alternative name for 陝西／陕西 (Shǎnxī, “Shaanxi”).

   • 城闕輔三秦，風煙望五津。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     城阙辅三秦，风烟望五津。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 7th century, Wang Bo, 送杜少府之任蜀州

     Chéngquè fǔ Sānqín, fēngyān wàng Wǔjīn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)