三 sān
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number
three
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (ABC 'sān' num 1; NCCED '三' 1; Unihan '三') -
ordinal
third
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED '三' 2) -
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; NCCED '三' 2) -
adjective
very few
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED '三' 3)
Contained in
- 三分头(三分頭) regular men's haircut / short back and sides
- 三用表 instrument console (diving)
- 三心二意 in two minds about / half-hearted / shilly-shallying
- 三分之二 two-thirds
- 不三不四 dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript
- 三氯已烯 trichloroethylene
- 三等分角 trisection / trisecting an angle
- 三代 three dynasties ; three generations
- 三茶六饭(三茶六飯) to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests
- 三更灯火五更鸡(三更燈火五更雞) go to sleep late and get up early
- 朝四暮三 four [chestnuts] in the morning and three in the evening
- 一九三五年 1935
- 举一反三(舉一反三) to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case
- 三百六十行 all walks of life / every trade
- 三事 three things
- 三番五次 again and again
- 话到嘴边留三分(話到嘴邊留三分) A still tongue makes a wise head.
- 人有三急 (jocularly) to need to answer the call of nature
- 大小三度 major and minor third (musical interval)
- 三氯化铁(三氯化鐵) ferric chloride
- 三甲 3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination
Also contained in
三种退屈 、 三山区 、 三好运动 、 三湾乡 、 禅净密三修 、 三峡大坝 、 五三事件 、 释摩诃般若波罗蜜经觉意三昧 、 三世间 、 戒体三种 、 三慧 、 三性 、 八二三炮战 、 三缚 、 三修 、 三时业 、 三国演义 、 三時系念 、 三门峡市 、 三归依 、 三八大盖 、 三礼 、 般若波罗蜜多理趣经大乐不空三昧真实金刚萨埵菩萨等一十七圣大曼荼罗义述 、 三藏圣教 、 三国志 、 秦三世 、 三聚清净戒 、 三苦 、 三衣 、 三无数劫
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: 351
- 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: 232
- 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
- 三曰 (三曰) 三曰比 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 11
- 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: 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
- 三载 (三載) 三載 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 5
- 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