三冬

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāndōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ

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

Noun

三冬

1. (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.

2. (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)

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