三 sān

1. sān number three
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
   Notes: (ABC 'sān' num 1; NCCED '三' 1; Unihan '三')
2. sān ordinal third
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
   Notes: (NCCED '三' 2)
3. sān number more than two
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
   Notes: In the construction 三 X 四 Y (ABC 'sān' num 2; NCCED '三' 2)
4. sān adjective very few
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
   Notes: (NCCED '三' 3)

Contained in

• 三十而立 to turn 30 years old with accomplishments
• 丙三醇 glycerine
• 三月 March / the Third Month ; three months
• 星期三 Wednesday
• 周三(週三) Wednesday
• 礼拜三(禮拜三) Wednesday
• 三角 triangle
• 三分之二 two-thirds
• 三轮车(三輪車) pedicab / tricycle
• 第三方 third party
• 其三 third / number three of the above
• 三顾茅庐(三顧茅廬) three visits to a thatched cottage
• 三民主义(三民主義) Three principles of the people
• 铁人三项(鐵人三項) triathlon
• 三级跳远(三級跳遠) triple jump
• 三长两短(三長兩短) unexpected misfortune
• 三明治 sandwich
• 再三 over and over again
• 接二连三(接二連三) one after another
• 三番五次 again and again
• 朝三暮四 three [chestnuts] in the morning and four in the evening
• 三代 three dynasties ; three generations
• 三部赋序(三部賦序) Three Part Poetic Essay
• 三元 heaven, earth, and man ; New Year's Day ; the three yuan festivals ; the top candidates in each of the three imperial exams ; the three elements ; San Yuan
• 三皇五帝 three sovereigns and five emperors of legend
• 三字经(三字經) San Zi Jing / Three character classic
• 三更 midnight / 11 pm to 1 am
• 三轮儿(三輪兒) a pedicab / a tricycle
• 一日三餐 to take three meals a day
• 三教九流 The Three Religions and Nine Schools / people from all trades

Also contained in

长三角 、 三藏 、 阿耨多罗三藐三菩提 、 三宝 、 三皈依 、 三国演义 、 三昧 、 三江县 、 三坛大戒 、 李三 、 三国 、 三晋 、 三昧地 、 三法印 、 三身 、 三毒 、 明十三陵 、 三恶道 、 佛说佛母出生三法藏版若波罗蜜经 、 金刚三昧经 、 三侠四义

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• 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: 286
• 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
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• 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: 237
• 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 236
• 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
• 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 189
• 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: 188
• 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 184

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: 33
• 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
• 三载 (三載) 三載 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 5
• 三后 (三後) 三后在天 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧下武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Xia Wu — count: 4
• 三苗 (三苗) 竄三苗于三危 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 4
• 三危 (三危) 竄三苗于三危 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 3
• 三祀 (三祀) 惟三祀十有二月朔 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 太甲中 Shang Shu - Tai Jia II — count: 3