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
- 第三产业(第三產業) tertiary industry; tertiary sector; service sector
- 十三 thirteen
- 再三 over and over again
- 勾三搭四 to seduce women
- 三级片(三級片) third category movie (containing sexual or violent content)
- 三彩 sancai; three colors; multi-colored
- 三百六十行 all walks of life ; every trade
- 三七二十一 three sevens are twenty-one; the facts of the matter; the actual situation
- 三亚市(三亞市) Sanya city
- 三毛猫(三毛貓) tortoiseshell cat; calico cat
- 三流 third-rate; inferior
- 三炮 (Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person
- 三度 third (musical interval)
- 三次方程式 cubic equation
- 周三径一(周三徑一) circumference of a circle is proverbially three times its radius
- 三官大帝 the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
- 茅庐三顾(茅廬三顧) three visits to a thatched cottage
- 三脚两步(三腳兩步) hurriedly; just a few steps away
- 韦编三绝(韋編三絕) the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times; to study diligently
- 开三次方(開三次方) cube root; to extract a cube root
- 三读会(三讀會) three readings of legislation
- 三叉戟(三叉戟) trident
- 三厢(三廂) sedan
- 此地无银三百两(此地無銀三百兩) 300 silver taels not hidden here; to reveal what one intends to hide
- 三级产业(三級產業) tertiary industry; tertiary sector; service sector
- 三寸不烂之舌(三寸不爛之舌) to have a silver tongue; to have the gift of the gab
- 十三日 thirteenth day of a month
- 第三世界 Third World
- 三桌客人 three tables of guests
- 三文治 sandwich
- 甘油三酯 triglyceride
- 三重 triple
- 三连胜(三連勝) hat-trick (sports)
- 三趾鸥(三趾鷗) black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- 三段论(三段論) syllogism (deduction in logic)
- 是药三分毒(是藥三分毒) every medicine has its side effect
- 三系(三繫) a tripod
Also contained in
三门峡市 、 三言 、 十三经 、 三都县 、 伊洛瓦底三角洲 、 三菱重工业 、 三星堆 、 三大纪律八项注意 、 三七开定论 、 三无性 、 玄沙三种病人 、 云门三字禅 、 三国演义 、 三国
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: 292
- 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: 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
- 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
- 三载 (三載) 三載 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 5