三足鼎立

Chinese

		three	foot; to be sufficient	to stably coexist
simp. and trad. (三足鼎立)		三	足	鼎立

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānzúdǐnglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ zuk¹ ding² lap⁶, saam¹ zuk¹ ding² laap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānzúdǐnglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanzúdǐnglì
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-tsu²-ting³-li⁴
    • Yale: sān-dzú-dǐng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santzwudiinglih
    • Palladius: саньцзудинли (sanʹczudinli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ zuk¹ ding² lap⁶, saam¹ zuk¹ ding² laap⁶
    • Yale: sāam jūk díng lahp, sāam jūk díng laahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ dzuk⁷ ding² lap⁹, saam¹ dzuk⁷ ding² laap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ zug¹ ding² leb⁶, sam¹ zug¹ ding² lab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ tɪŋ³⁵ lɐp̚²/, /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ tɪŋ³⁵ laːp̚²/

Idiom

三足鼎立

1. to be in a situation of tripartite confrontation

   中國在三國時代分裂為曹魏、孫吳和蜀漢三個政權，形成三足鼎立的局面。 [MSC, trad.]
   中国在三国时代分裂为曹魏、孙吴和蜀汉三个政权，形成三足鼎立的局面。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhōngguó zài sānguó shídài fēnliè wèi cáowèi, sūnwú hé shǔhàn sān ge zhèngquán, xíngchéng sānzúdǐnglì de júmiàn. [Pinyin]

   During the Three Kingdoms, China was divided in the states of Wei, Wu and Shu, resulting in tripartite confrontation.