三苗

Chinese

		three	sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe
trad. (三苗)		三	苗
simp. ^#(三苗)		三	苗

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sānmiáo

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄇㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ miu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Sānmiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄇㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Sanmiáo
  - Wade–Giles: San¹-miao²
  - Yale: Sān-myáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanmiau
  - Palladius: Саньмяо (Sanʹmjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ miu⁴
  - Yale: sāam mìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ miu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ miu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ miːu̯²¹/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s.rum m(r)aw/

(Zhengzhang): /*suːm mrew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	三	苗
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sān	miáo
Middle Chinese	‹ sam ›	‹ mjew ›
Old Chinese	/s.rum/ (s.r- > s-; infl. by 四 *s-?)	/*m(r)aw/
English	three	sprout (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	三	苗
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	10963	9108
Phonetic component	三	苗
Rime group	侵	宵
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	三	苗
Old Chinese	/*suːm/	/*mrew/

Proper noun

三苗

Sanmiao, name of an ancient state or tribe in China
- 流共工于幽洲，放驩兜于崇山，竄三苗于三危，殛鯀于羽山，四罪而天下咸服。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  流共工于幽洲，放欢兜于崇山，窜三苗于三危，殛鲧于羽山，四罪而天下咸服。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE
  Liú Gònggōng yú yōuzhōu, fàng huāndōu yú chóngshān, cuàn Sānmiáo yú Sānwēi, jí Gǔn yú Yǔshān, sìzuì ér tiānxià xiánfú. [Pinyin]
  He (Shun) banished the Minister of Works to You island; confined Huan-dou on mount Chong; drove (the chief of) San-miao (and his people) into San-wei, and kept them there; and held Gun a prisoner till death on mount Yu. These four criminals being thus dealt with, all under heaven acknowledged the justice (of Shun's administration).

See also

九黎 (Jiǔlí)
四凶

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