三牲

Chinese

		three	domestic animal
simp. and trad. (三牲)		三	牲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ saang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-sên
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): sam-seng / sam-sng

(Teochew, Peng'im): san¹ sên¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sansheng
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: sān-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sansheng
  - Palladius: саньшэн (sanʹšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ saang¹
  - Yale: sāam sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: sam´ sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-seng
  - Tâi-lô: sam-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samsefng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² seŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-sng
  - Tâi-lô: sam-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: samsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ sŋ̍³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: san¹ sên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: saⁿ seⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sã³³⁻²³ sẽ³³/

Noun

三牲

three domestic animals (i.e. cattle, sheep, and pigs, in pre-modern times used as sacrificed offerings, in contemporary times also refers to pigs, chicken, and fish)
(Penang and Singapore Hokkien) gangster
- 三牲巷 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
  From: List of streets in George Town, Penang
  Sam-seng-hāng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Gangsters' lane
- 講話莫𫝛甲三牲 [Hokkien, trad.]
  讲话莫𫝛甲三牲 [Hokkien, simp.]
  kóng-ōa mài siāng kah sam-seng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Don't speak like a gangster.

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