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
- 年三十 last day of the lunar year; Chinese New Year's Eve
- 三魂 three immortal souls
- 朝三暮四 three [chestnuts] in the morning and four in the evening
- 一九六三年 1963
- 一问三不知(一問三不知) to reply don't know whatever the question; absolutely no idea of what's going on; complete ignorance
- 三项全能(三項全能) triathlon
- 丢三落四(丟三落四) forgetful; empty-headed
- 三明治 sandwich
- 三不管 of undetermined status; unregulated
- 三族 three generations ; three clans
- 三和弦 triad; musical chord of three notes, such as major triad do-mi-so
- 人有三急 (jocularly) to need to answer the call of nature
- 三节鞭(三節鞭) three-section staff (old-style weapon)
- 第三眼睑(第三眼瞼) nictitating membrane
- 三角裤(三角褲) panties; briefs
- 大三和弦 major triad do-mi-so
- 三春 the three spring months
- 三合一疫苗 DTP vaccination
- 三七二十一 three sevens are twenty-one; the facts of the matter; the actual situation
- 三用表 instrument console (diving)
- 三阳开泰(三陽開泰) the last three months of the lunar calendar
- 三心二意 in two minds about ; half-hearted; shilly-shallying
- 三角巾 sling (for a wounded arm)
- 韦编三绝(韋編三絕) the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times; to study diligently
- 三元音 triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)
- 三七开(三七開) ratio seventy to thirty; thirty percent failure, seventy percent success
- 星期三 Wednesday
- 泛珠江三角 the Pan-Pearl river delta
- 三价(三價) trivalent
- 三包 three-guarantee service: repair, exchange, refund
- 三从四德(三從四德) for a woman to obey three men and practice the four virtues
- 三朋四友 friends; cronies
- 三角腹带(三角腹帶) athletic supporter
- 三驾马车(三駕馬車) troika
Also contained in
明十三陵 、 三农问题 、 三江县 、 宝王三昧 、 三光天子 、 三侠五义 、 三里河 、 三摩钵底 、 第三帝国 、 三种无自性性 、 三量 、 三向 、 三大 、 三阶 、 三联书店 、 三涂 、 三义乡
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: 352
- 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: 256
- 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: 255
- 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: 250
- 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 243
- 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 236
- 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: 233
- 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: 19
- 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
- 三载 (三載) 三載 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 5
- 三德 (三德) 日宣三德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 皐陶謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Gao Yao — count: 4
- 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