三十六計

Chinese

		thirty-six; 36	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (三十六計)		三十六	計
simp. (三十六计)		三十六	计

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sānshíliù Jì

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ sap⁶ luk⁶ gai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Sānshíliù Jì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanshyliow Jih
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sanshíhliòu Jì
  - IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ljoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ sap⁶ luk⁶ gai³
  - Yale: sāam sahp luhk gai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ sap⁹ luk⁹ gai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ seb⁶ lug⁶ gei³
  - IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ sɐp̚² lʊk̚² kɐi̯³³/

Proper noun

三十六計

Thirty-Six Stratagems
Synonyms: 三十六策, 三十六著

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三十六計):

→ Japanese: 三 (さん)十 (じゅう)六 (ろっ)計 (けい) (Sanjūrokkei)
→ Korean: 삼십육계 (三十六計, Samsibyukgye)
→ Vietnamese: Tam thập lục kế (三十六計)

→ Vietnamese: Ba mươi sáu kế (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	十	六	計
さん Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	ろく > ろっ Grade: 1	けい Grade: 2
goon			kan’on

Etymology

From Chinese 三十六計

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) さんじゅうろっけー [sáꜜǹjùùròkkèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [sã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑɨᵝːɾo̞k̚ke̞ː]

Proper noun

三十六計 (hiragana さんじゅうろっけい, rōmaji Sanjūrokkei, historical hiragana さんじふろくけい)

the Thirty-Six Stratagems

See also

三 (さん)十 (じゅう)六 (ろっ)計 (けい)逃 (に)げるに如 (し)かず (Sanjūrokkei nigeru ni shikazu)
三 (さん)十 (じゅう)六 (ろく) (sanjūroku)

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