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): ㄙㄢㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ zuk¹ ding² lap⁶, saam¹ zuk¹ ding² laap⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sānzúdǐnglì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢㄗㄨˊ 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 t͡su³⁵⁻⁵⁵ 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

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.

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