三 sān
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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') -
sān
ordinal
third
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '三' adj 1; NCCED '三' 2) -
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) -
sān
adjective
very few
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED '三' 3) -
sān
adverb
repeatedly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '三' adv) -
sān
proper noun
San
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '三' n 2)
Contained in
- 三索锦蛇(三索錦蛇) copperhead race (Elaphe radiata)
- 三等分 trisection; trisecting an angle
- 三教一体(三教一體) the one body of the three doctrines
- 三味线(三味線) shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
- 下三滥(下三濫) riffraff; scum; lowlife
- 三家村 three family village
- 三鼎甲 the top three graduates from the palace exams
- 三厢(三廂) sedan
- 三不管 of undetermined status; unregulated
- 王道通三 the way of kings connects the three
- 三桌客人 three tables of guests
- 三膲 the three truncal cavities
- 三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
- 三角恐龙(三角恐龍) triceratops (dinosaur)
- 半夜三更 in the depth of night; late at night
- 三法司 the three judicial chief ministries
- 三仇 animosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police)
- 三茶六饭(三茶六飯) to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes; to be extremely considerate towards guests
- 三天不打，上房揭瓦 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles
- 五十三 53
- 三催四请(三催四請) to coax and plead
- 一九三一年 1931
- 三官大帝 the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
- 勾三搭四 to seduce women
- 三氟化硼 boron trifluoride
- 张三李四(張三李四) Zhang's third son or Li's fourth son; either this person or that person; anybody
- 几次三番(幾次三番) twice then three times; repeatedly; over and over again
- 三光 the sun, the moon, and the stars
- 三立电视(三立電視) Sanlih E-Television
- 三趾翠鸟(三趾翠鳥) oriental dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithacus)
Also contained in
丕平三世 、 三地门 、 三车四车 、 三家分晋 、 三国演义 、 三岛由纪夫 、 三藩之乱 、 三国志传 、 三无性 、 建三江 、 三洞 、 春秋三传 、 六韬三略 、 三民区 、 十三州志 、 三星集团 、 三苗 、 三北防护林 、 长江三峡 、 三种奇特事 、 三里屯
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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: 235
- 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: 223
- 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
- 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
- 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