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
- 二氯异三聚氰酸钠(二氯異三聚氰酸鈉) sodium dichloroisocyanurate
- 接二连三(接二連三) one after another
- 三权鼎立(三權鼎立) separation of powers
- 一九六三年 1963
- 甘油三脂 triglyceride
- 再三 over and over again
- 小三度 minor third (musical interval)
- 三十六计，走为上策(三十六計，走為上策) Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is best.
- 三资企业(三資企業) foreign, private and joint ventures
- 三元音 triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)
- 富不过三代(富不過三代) wealth never survives three generations
- 三阿姨 auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family
- 三级跳(三級跳) triple jump ; hop, skip and jump
- 三合一 three in one; triple
- 三只手(三隻手) pickpocket
- 三言两句(三言兩句) in a few words; expressed succinctly
- 三小 (vulgar) what the hell?
- 三立电视(三立電視) Sanlih E-Television
- 雌三醇 estriol
- 三焦 the three truncal cavities
- 三夷教 the three foreign religions
- 三角洲 a delta
- 三官大帝 the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
- 三马同槽(三馬同槽) three horses at the same trough; conspirators under the same roof
- 三节鞭(三節鞭) three-section staff (old-style weapon)
- 三角座 Triangulum
- 偏三轮(偏三輪) old-style cycle with lateral third wheel and passenger seat
- 三权分立(三權分立) separation of powers
- 五十三 53
- 阿三 (derog.) an Indian
- 三文鱼(三文魚) salmon
- 草庐三顾(草廬三顧) three visits to a thatched cottage
- 三角 triangle
- 三教九流 The Three Religions and Nine Schools; people from all trades
- 三陪小姐 female escort; bar girl
- 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
- 第三十 thirtieth
- 三仇 animosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police)
- 一九三七年 1937
- 三胞胎 triplets
- 三分之二 two-thirds
Also contained in
三山 、 三侠四义 、 三江生态旅游区 、 三礼 、 三陟 、 泛珠三角 、 李三 、 三国志 、 长江三角洲经济区 、 三十六计
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: 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
- 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
- 三曰 (三曰) 三曰比 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 11
- 三事 (三事) 用彼三事 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 7
- 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
- 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