魏蜀吴

魏蜀吳
Wèi-Shǔ-Wú

the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 魏 Wèi
  1. surname Wei
  2. name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States
  3. Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操 Cáo Cāo, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty
  4. the Wei dynasty 221–265
  5. Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
=1 魏 wèi tower over a palace gateway (old)
=1 魏 wéi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) standing alone
  2. alternative form of 巍 (wéi, “towering”)
  3. standing alone
=2 蜀 Shǔ
  1. short name for Sichuan 四川 Sìchuān province
  2. one of the Three Kingdoms 三国 Sānguó after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀汉 Shǔ Hàn, situated around what is now Sichuan province
=2 蜀 shǔ
  1. (historical dictionaries only) silkworm on hollyhock
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蠋 (zhú, “caterpillar”)
  3. (～國) the name of a state in ancient China
  4. Sichuan (a province of China)
  5. alternative form of 蠋 (zhú, “caterpillar”)
  6. another name for Shu Han, one of Three Kingdoms
  7. silkworm on hollyhock
  8. the name of a state in ancient China
3 吴 Wú
  1. surname Wu
  2. area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
  3. name of states in southern China at different historical periods