# 三番五次
## Chinese

| | | three | (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name | five | number of times; order; sequencenumber of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word) |
| trad. (三番五次) | trad. (三番五次) | 三 | 番 | 五 | 次 |
| simp. $^#$(三番五次) | simp. $^#$(三番五次) | 三 | 番 | 五 | 次 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sānfānwǔcì
       (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄈㄢ ㄨˇ ㄘˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san$^1$ fan$^1$ wu$^3$ ci$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saam$^1$ faan$^1$ ng$^5$ ci$^3$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sam$^1$ fan$^1$ n$^3$ ci$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): san$^1$ fan$^1$ vu$^2$ ci$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): săng-*huăng-ngô-*ché̤ṳ
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): san$^1$ fan$^1$ u$^3$ cr$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sānfānwǔcì
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄈㄢ ㄨˇ ㄘˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sanfanwǔcìh
*** Wade–Giles: san$^1$-fan$^1$-wu$^3$-tzʻŭ$^4$
*** Yale: sān-fān-wǔ-tsz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanfanwuutsyh
*** Palladius: саньфаньуцы (sanʹfanʹucy)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: san$^1$ fan$^1$ wu$^3$ ci$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sanfanwc
*** Sinological IPA : /san⁵⁵ fan⁵⁵ vu⁵³ t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saam$^1$ faan$^1$ ng$^5$ ci$^3$
*** Yale: sāam fāan ńgh chi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saam$^1$ faan$^1$ ng$^5$ tsi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sam$^1$ fan$^1$ ng$^5$ qi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːm⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵ ŋ̍¹³ t͡sʰiː³³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sam$^1$ fan$^1$ n$^3$ ci$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sam⁴⁴ fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ n̩³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: san$^1$ fan$^1$ vu$^2$ ci$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /sæ̃¹¹ fæ̃¹¹ vu⁵³ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-*huăng-ngô-*ché̤ṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /saŋ⁵⁵ huaŋ⁵⁵⁽⁻²¹⁾ ŋu²⁴²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰøy²¹³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: san$^1$ fan$^1$ u$^3$ cr$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /san³³ ɸan³³ u⁴¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁵/

### Idiom

三番五次
* again and again; time and again
    From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
    Guō xiàozǐ fàngshēng dàkū dào: “Fùqīn bù rèn érzǐ, érzǐ dàodǐ shì yào rèn fùqīn de!” Sānfānwǔcì, chán de lǎo héshàng jí le, shuōdào: “Nǐ shì héchù guānggùn, gǎn lái nào wǒmen! Kuài chūqù! Wǒ yào guān shānmén!” [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 三番五次, 三番兩次, 幾次三番, 屢次三番 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 三番兩次 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 三番五次 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 三番兩次, 三番五次 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 三番五次 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 三回五回 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 三番五次 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 三番五次 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 兩次三番, 三番五次, 三番兩次, 五次三番 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 三番五次 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 三番五次 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 三番兩次 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 三番五次, 三番兩次 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 屢次三番, 三番兩次 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 三番五次, 三番兩次 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 三番五次, 三番兩次 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 三番五次, 三番兩次, 五次三番, 屢次三番 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 三番四次 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 三番五次, 三番兩次 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 三番兩次 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 三番兩趟 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 三番兩次 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 三番五次 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 三番五次 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 三番兩次 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 三番兩次 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 三番兩次 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 三番兩次 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 三番兩次 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 三番兩次 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 三番兩次, 三番五次, 幾次三番 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 三番五次 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 三番兩次, 三番五次 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 三擺兩擺 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 三番五次 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 三番四次, 三番兩次 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 三番五次, 幾次三番 |
| Wu | Danyang | 三番五次, 三番兩次 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 三番五次, 三番兩次 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 三番兩次 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 三番兩次 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 三番兩次 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 三番五次, 三番兩次 |