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
- 是药三分毒(是藥三分毒) every medicine has its side effect
- 三十六字母 thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
- 帕斯卡三角形 Pascal's Triangle
- 第三 third
- 两面三刀(兩面三刀) two-faced, three knives; double-cross; double dealing and back stabbing
- 挑三拣四(挑三揀四) to be picky; to be choosy
- 三振 to strike out; strikeout (baseball, softball); (Tw) to ditch; to eliminate from consideration
- 第三位 third place
- 三十六策，走是上计(三十六策，走是上計) of the thirty six strategies, fleeing is the best plan
- 三伏 three hottest periods of summer
- 三十 thirty
- 五帝三王 five emperors and three kings
- 调三窝四(調三窩四) to sow the seeds of discord everywhere
- 三角形 a triangle
- 三角柱体(三角柱體) triangular prism (math.)
- 三寸不烂之舌(三寸不爛之舌) to have a silver tongue; to have the gift of the gab
- 下三滥(下三濫) riffraff; scum; lowlife
- 三百 three hundred
- 三号电池(三號電池) C size battery (PRC) / AA battery (Taiwan)
- 三框 name of fang pang
- 金三角 Golden Triangle
- 三十九 39
- 三人行，必有我师(三人行，必有我師) if three walk together, one can be my teacher
- 三阵(三陣) cosmic events, earthquakes, and war; emergencies
- 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
- 三次幂(三次冪) cube (third power, math.)
- 三系(三繫) a tripod
- 一九三一年 1931
- 三合一疫苗 DTP vaccination
- 三法司 the three judicial chief ministries
- 一九三三年 1933
- 三级产业(三級產業) tertiary industry; tertiary sector; service sector
- 三明市 Sanming city
Also contained in
三定 、 三菱 、 三转 、 三摩呾吒 、 三辈 、 三假 、 三十日佛名 、 三种无性 、 三国志通俗演义 、 三纲 、 三圆满 、 三都县 、 宝王三昧 、 麻三斤 、 三峡镇 、 春秋三传 、 三十三过 、 三佛
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: 355
- 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: 242
- 《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: 19
- 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