三重

Chinese
three
 
heavy; serious; to double
heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
simp. and trad.
(三重)		 三 重

Pronunciation

Adjective

三重

  1. triple; triplicate

Etymology 2

From 三重埔 (Saⁿ-têng-po͘, literally “the third plain”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

三重

  1. (～區, formerly ～市, ～鎮) Sanchong (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三重(みえ) (Mie)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

三重

  1. (～縣) Mie (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
三 重
さん
Grade: 1		 じゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

三(さん)重(じゅう) • (sanjū) ←さんぢゆう (sandyuu)?

  1. triple, threefold, triplicate

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
三 重
み
Grade: 1		 え
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

    Noun

    三(み)重(え) • (mie) 

    1. triple, threefold, triplicate
      夢(ゆめ)は二重(ふたえ)にも三重(みえ)にも膨(ふく)らむ。
      Yume wa futae nimo mie nimo fukuramu.
      A dream expands in both double and triple.

    Proper noun

    三(み)重(え) • (Mie) ←みへ (mife)?

    1. Mie, a prefecture of Kinki, Japan.
    Synonyms

    See also

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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