三長兩短

Chinese

		three	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	both; two; ounce both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael	lack; short
trad. (三長兩短)		三	長	兩	短
simp. (三长两短)		三	长	两	短

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānchángliǎngduǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ coeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyun²
Min Nan (POJ): saⁿ-tn̂g-nn̄g-té

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sānchángliǎngduǎn [Phonetic: sānchángliángduǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sancharngleangdoan
  - IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: sānchángliǎngduǎnr [Phonetic: sānchángliángduǎnr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sancharngleangdoal
  - IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ twɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ coeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyun²
  - Yale: sāam chèuhng léuhng dyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsoeng⁴ loeng⁵ dyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ cêng⁴ lêng⁵ dün²
  - IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ lœ̽ːŋ¹³ tyːn³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-tn̂g-nn̄g-té
  - Tâi-lô: sann-tn̂g-nn̄g-té
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sva'dngnngxdea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nŋ̍³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/

Idiom

三長兩短

unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death

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