三藩

Chinese

		three	feudatory
simp. and trad. (三藩)		三	藩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sānfān, Sānfán

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄈㄢ, ㄙㄢㄈㄢˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): saam¹ faan⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lham¹ fan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: Sānfān
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄈㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanfan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sanfan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: Sānfán
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄈㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanfarn
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sanfán
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ fän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ faan⁴
  - Yale: sāam fàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ faan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ fan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ fäːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lham¹ fan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬam³³ fan²²/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

三藩

(historical) Three Feudatories (three lords of the fiefdoms during the Qing dynasty)
三藩之亂 / 三藩之乱 ― sānfān zhī luàn ― Revolt of the Three Feudatories

Derived terms

三藩之亂／三藩之乱

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English San Francisco.

Proper noun

三藩

(～市) (chiefly Hong Kong) San Francisco (a city in California, United States)

Usage notes

The form 三藩市 is common, and possibly more common than analogous forms with other cities (such as 北京市).

Synonyms

舊金山／旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān)

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