三 sān
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number
three
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
Notes: (ABC 'sān' num 1; NCCED '三' 1; Unihan '三') -
ordinal
third
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity 数量
Notes: (NCCED '三' 2) -
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) -
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
- 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
星期三 、 周三 、 礼拜三 、 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
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: 345
- 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
- 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: 254
- 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: 25
- 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