三 sān

1. sān number three
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (ABC 'sān' num 1; Guoyu '三' n 1; NCCED '三' 1; Unihan '三')
2. sān ordinal third
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '三' adj 1; NCCED '三' 2)
3. sān number more than two
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: In the construction 三 X 四 Y (ABC 'sān' num 2; Guoyu '三' adj 2; NCCED '三' 2)
4. sān adjective very few
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (NCCED '三' 3)
5. sān adverb repeatedly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '三' adv)
6. sān proper noun San
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '三' n 2)

Contained in

• 三分之一 one third
• 三合星 triple star system
• 王道通三 the way of kings connects the three
• 三联管(三聯管) triplet
• 三驾马车(三駕馬車) troika
• 绕梁三日(繞梁三日) reverberates around the rafters for three days; sonorous and resounding (especially of singing voice)
• 两头三面(兩頭三面) two heads, three faces; complex scheming
• 肱三头肌(肱三頭肌) triceps brachii (back of the upper arm)
• 三不管 of undetermined status; unregulated
• 三鲜(三鮮) three fresh ingredients (in cooking)
• 三阵(三陣) cosmic events, earthquakes, and war; emergencies
• 腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸 adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
• 三角铁(三角鐵) triangle (musical instrument); angle iron
• 三彩 sancai; three colors; multi-colored
• 低三下四 servile
• 三趾啄木鸟(三趾啄木鳥) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
• 三键(三鍵) triple bond ; triple link
• 三级士官(三級士官) staff sergeant
• 不管三七二十一 regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
• 林三趾鹑(林三趾鶉) common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
• 黄脚三趾鹑(黃腳三趾鶉) yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
• 三毛猫(三毛貓) tortoiseshell cat; calico cat
• 三十一 31
• 三系(三繫) a tripod
• 金背三趾啄木鸟(金背三趾啄木鳥) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)
• 三索锦蛇(三索錦蛇) copperhead race (Elaphe radiata)
• 三阳开泰(三陽開泰) the last three months of the lunar calendar
• 隔三差五 every few days
• 三八 8th March ; foolish; stupid
• 三号电池(三號電池) C size battery (PRC) / AA battery (Taiwan)
• 三伏 three hottest periods of summer
• 三尖杉酯碱(三尖杉酯鹼) harringtonine
• 三角墙(三角牆) a gable; a pediment
• 三七开(三七開) ratio seventy to thirty; thirty percent failure, seventy percent success
• 三朋四友 friends; cronies
• 三轮车(三輪車) pedicab; tricycle
• 三茶六饭(三茶六飯) to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes; to be extremely considerate towards guests
• 说三道四(說三道四) to make thoughtless remarks ; to criticize; gossip
• 三等分角 trisection ; trisecting an angle
• 十三点(十三點) half-witted; nitwit

Also contained in

三峡 、 三聚清净戒 、 三河市 、 麻三斤 、 三史 、 三仓 、 三无自性 、 三水区 、 三国志通俗演义 、 泛珠三角 、 唐诗三百首

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• 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 383
• 卷九十六　志第四十五上: 食貨四 Volume 96 Treatises 49: Finance and Economics 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 289
• 卷二百〇七 志第一百六十 藝文六 Volume 207 Treatises 160: Arts and Literature 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 258
• 卷二百〇六 志第一百五十九 藝文五 Volume 206 Treatises 159: Arts and Literature 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 257
• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 251
• 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 242
• 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 237
• 卷五十九　　　　志第四十九　　藝文三 Volume 59 Treatises 55: The Arts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 236
• 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 222
• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 219

Collocations

• 三章 (三章) 三章 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧葛覃 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ge Tan — count: 129
• 三年 (三年) 刺不能三年也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧檜‧素冠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Gui - Su Guan — count: 25
• 三句 (三句) 章三句 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧麟之趾 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Lin Zhi Zhi — count: 12
• 章三 (章三) 章三句 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧麟之趾 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Lin Zhi Zhi — count: 12
• 三曰 (三曰) 三曰比 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 11
• 三岁 (三歲) 三歲食貧 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 7
• 三日 (三日) 越三日庚戌 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War — count: 6
• 三千 (三千) 騋牝三千 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧定之方中 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Ding Zhi Fang Zhong — count: 6
• 二三 (二三) 二三其德 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 6
• 三载 (三載) 三載 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 5