三 sān

1. 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')
2. sān ordinal third
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '三' adj 1; NCCED '三' 2)
3. 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)
4. sān adjective very few
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (NCCED '三' 3)
5. sān adverb repeatedly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '三' adv)
6. sān proper noun San
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '三' n 2)

Contained in

• 三项(三項) three items; three events; three terms; tri-; trinomial, ternary; triathlon
• 三伏天 three periods hottest periods of summer
• 三角债(三角債) triangular debt
• 三条(三條) three of a kind (poker)
• 三磷酸腺苷(三磷酸腺苷) adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
• 大西洋三文鱼(大西洋三文魚) Atlantic salmon
• 三鼎甲 the top three graduates from the palace exams
• 三分熟 medium rare (of steak)
• 三角眼 slanted eyes
• 三十九 39
• 三合土 mortar; concrete; cement
• 三人行 (slang) threesome
• 三点全露(三點全露) (slang) naked; nude
• 不管三七二十一 regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
• 三角墙(三角牆) a gable; a pediment
• 三角测量法(三角測量法) triangulation (surveying)
• 珠江三角洲 Pearl River Delta (PRD)
• 一九一三年 1913
• 颠三倒四(顛三倒四) upside down in threes and fours; disorderly
• 三头肌(三頭肌) triceps muscle; triceps brachii
• 三七 pseudoginseng
• 等腰三角形 isosceles triangle
• 三河 Sanhe
• 铁三(鐵三) triathlon
• 三色紫罗兰(三色紫羅蘭) pansy
• 平面三角 plane trigonometry
• 一波三折 calligraphic flourish with many twists; many twists and turns
• 三阵(三陣) cosmic events, earthquakes, and war; emergencies
• 三皇五帝 three sovereigns and five emperors of legend
• 三更 midnight; 11 pm to 1 am
• 三次方程 cubic equation
• 三不沾 air ball (basketball)
• 长三(長三) high-class prostitute
• 三等分角 trisection ; trisecting an angle
• 三十 thirty

Also contained in

三峡 、 三字禅 、 安倍晋三 、 三民乡 、 三佛齐 、 六韬三略 、 小三 、 茂罗三部卢 、 三江平原 、 三生 、 三公 、 三峡镇 、 三百六十会 、 三大改造 、 三山区 、 三北防护林

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: 382
• 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: 256
• 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: 235
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 三载 (三載) 三載 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 5