# 三重
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sānchóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$ cung$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-têng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sānchóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sanchóng
*** Wade–Giles: san$^1$-chʻung$^2$
*** Yale: sān-chúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchorng
*** Palladius: саньчун (sanʹčun)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$ cung$^4$
*** Yale: sāam chùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$ tsung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$ cung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-têng
*** Tâi-lô: sann-tîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sva'deeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ tiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ²³/

#### Adjective

三重
* triple; triplicate

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Sānchóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$ cung$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sâm-chhùng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sam-tiông
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Sānchóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Sanchóng
*** Wade–Giles: San$^1$-chʻung$^2$
*** Yale: Sān-chúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanchorng
*** Palladius: Саньчун (Sanʹčun)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$ cung$^4$
*** Yale: sāam chùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$ tsung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$ cung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sâm-chhùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: sam$^ˊ$ cung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sam$^1$ cung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-tiông
*** Tâi-lô: Sam-tiông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: samdioong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ tiɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³/

#### Proper noun

三重
* (～區, formerly ～市, ～鎮) Sanchong (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)

##### Synonyms

* (Hokkien) 三重埔 (Saⁿ-têng-po͘)

### Etymology 3

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三重(みえ) (Mie)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Sānchóng
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$ cung$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Sānchóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Sanchóng
*** Wade–Giles: San$^1$-chʻung$^2$
*** Yale: Sān-chúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanchorng
*** Palladius: Саньчун (Sanʹčun)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$ cung$^4$
*** Yale: sāam chùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$ tsung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$ cung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

#### Proper noun

三重
* (～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 ||
* 三 (san) "three" + 重 (jū) "-fold, -ply"

#### Noun

三(さん)重(じゅう) • (sanjū)
* triple, threefold, triplicate

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 三 | 重 |
| み Grade: 1 | え Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
* 三 (mi) "three" + 重 (e) "-fold, -ply"

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みえ [míꜜè] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [mʲie̞]

#### Noun

三(み)重(え) • (mie)
* 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)
* Mie, a prefecture of Kinki, Japan.

##### Synonyms

* 三重県 (Mie-ken)

#### See also

* 一重(ひとえ) (hitoe, “single”)
* 二重(ふたえ) (futae, “double”)
* 三重(みえ) (mie, “triple”)
* 四重(よえ) (yoe, “quadruple”)
* 五重(いつえ) (itsue, “quintuple”)
* 六重(むえ) (mue, “sextuple”)
* 七重(ななえ) (nanae, “septuple”)
* 八重(やえ) (yae, “octuple”)
* 九重(ここのえ) (kokonoe, “nonuple”)
* 十重(とえ) (toe, “decuple”)
* 二十重(はたえ) (hatae, “vigintuple”)

### References

* ↑ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.