三天兩頭

Chinese

		three	day; sky; heaven	both; two; ounce both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (三天兩頭)		三	天	兩	頭
simp. (三天两头)		三	天	两	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sāntiānliǎngtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢㄊㄧㄢㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ tin¹ loeng⁵ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sāntiānliǎngtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄊㄧㄢㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: santianliǎngtóu
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-tʻien¹-liang³-tʻou²
  - Yale: sān-tyān-lyǎng-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santianleangtour
  - Palladius: саньтяньлянтоу (sanʹtjanʹljantou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sāntiānliǎngtóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄊㄧㄢㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: santianliǎngtóur
  - Wade–Giles: san¹-tʻien¹-liang³-tʻou²-ʼrh
  - Yale: sān-tyān-lyǎng-tóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santianleangtourl
  - Palladius: саньтяньлянтоур (sanʹtjanʹljantour)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saam¹ tin¹ loeng⁵ tau⁴
  - Yale: sāam tīn léuhng tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tin¹ loeng⁵ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ tin¹ lêng⁵ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ lœːŋ¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

三天兩頭

every two or three days (something bad happens); almost everyday

Synonyms

三頭兩日／三头两日 (sāntóuliǎngrì)

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