三冬

Chinese

		three	winter
simp. and trad. (三冬)		三	冬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sāndōng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄉㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sāndōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sandong
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-tung¹
  - Yale: sān-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sandong
  - Palladius: саньдун (sanʹdun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

三冬

(literary) the three months of winter (in the lunisolar calendar, the last three months of the year; roughly late November to early February)
- 足下三冬雪，身邊六月麻。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: Poem attributed to Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), 1800s
  Jokha samdong seol, sinbyeon yuwol ma. [Sino-Korean]
  Below my feet, the snow of winter months; on my body, the hempen cloth of July.
(literary) three winters; three years

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (三冬):

→ Japanese: 三冬(さんとう) (santō)
→ Korean: 삼동(三冬) (samdong)

Korean

Hanja in this term
三	冬

Noun

三冬 • (samdong) (hangeul 삼동)

Hanja form^? of 삼동 (“the three months of winter, a winter of three months ; three winters, three years”).

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