三文治
Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (三文治) |
三 | 文 | 治 | |
Etymology
Borrowed from English sandwich. The transliteration was found in an 1922 article in a literary collection by Lu Xun.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: sānwénzhì
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sanwúnjhìh
- Wade–Giles: san1-wên2-chih4
- Yale: sān-wén-jr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanwenjyh
- Palladius: саньвэньчжи (sanʹvɛnʹčži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saam1 man4 zi6
- Yale: sāam màhn jih
- Cantonese Pinyin: saam1 man4 dzi6
- Guangdong Romanization: sam1 men4 ji6
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːm⁵⁵ mɐn²¹ t͡siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
三文治
- sandwich (Classifier: 件 c; 份 c)
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- 然而不的，用英文，不過是Chocolate apricot sandwich。我買定了八盒這「黃枚朱古律三文治」，付過錢，將他們裝入衣袋裡。 [MSC, trad.]
- Rán'ér bù de, yòng yīngwén, bùguò shì Chocolate apricot sandwich. Wǒ mǎi dìng le bā hé zhè “huángméi zhūgǔlǜ sānwénzhì”, fù guò qián, jiāng tāmen zhuāng rù yīdài lǐ. [Pinyin]
- Yet it wasn't; written in English was just "Chocolate apricot sandwich". I took eight boxes of this "chocolate apricot sandwich", paid, and put them in my pocket.
然而不的，用英文，不过是Chocolate apricot sandwich。我买定了八盒这「黄枚朱古律三文治」，付过钱，将他们装入衣袋里。 [MSC, simp.]
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Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 三明治 (“sandwich”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 三明治, 三文治, 三味治 rare | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 三明治 |
| Singapore | 三文治 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 三梅子 dated |
| Guilin | 三明治 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 三文治 |
| Hong Kong | 三文治 | |
| Macau | 三文治 | |
| Dongguan | 三文治 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 三明治 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 三明治 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 三文治 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 三文治 | |
| Móng Cái | 三明治 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 三明治 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 三明治 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 三明治 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 三明治 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 三明治 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 三明治 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 三文治 | |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 麭𩛩 |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 三文治 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 三明治 |