三六

Chinese

		three	six
simp. and trad. (三六)		三	六

Etymology

"dog meat": three plus six is nine (九), which is homophonous to 狗 (dog) in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sānliù

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄌㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ luk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: sānliù
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄌㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanliow
  - IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ luk⁶
  - Yale: sāam luhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ luk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ lug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /säːm⁵⁵ lʊk̚²/

Noun

三六

three sixs; eighteen
(Cantonese) dog meat

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