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
- 三趾鸦雀(三趾鴉雀) three-toed parrotbill (Cholornis paradoxa)
- 小三劝退师(小三勸退師) mistress dispeller
- 三贞九烈(三貞九烈) (of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
- 三屉桌(三屜桌) three-drawer desk (traditional Chinese piece of furniture)
- 三屈式 an S shape; S shaped
- 王道通三 the way of kings connects the three
- 七十三 73
- 三河 Sanhe
- 三从四德(三從四德) for a woman to obey three men and practice the four virtues
- 三字经(三字經) San Zi Jing; Three character classic
- 第三状态(第三狀態) suboptimal health status
- 第三级产业(第三級產業) tertiary industry; tertiary sector; service sector
- 是药三分毒(是藥三分毒) every medicine has its side effect
- 三十三 thirty-three
- 一九三一年 1931
- 推三阻四 to use all sorts of excuses
- 三时(三時) the three seasons
- 三聚氰胺(三聚氰胺) melamine
- 一九二三年 1923
- 三级(三級) grade 3; third class; category C
- 三次幂(三次冪) cube (third power, math.)
- 甘油三酯 triglyceride
- 朝三暮四 three [chestnuts] in the morning and four in the evening
- 三文鱼(三文魚) salmon
- 三合一 three in one; triple
- 长三(長三) high-class prostitute
- 三脚猫(三腳貓) jack of all trades
- 三角巾 sling (for a wounded arm)
- 三立电视(三立電視) Sanlih E-Television
- 三缄其口(三緘其口) reluctant to speak about it; tight-lipped
- 新官上任三把火 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office
- 五讲四美三热爱(五講四美三熱愛) the five emphases, four beauties and three loves
- 三角柱体(三角柱體) triangular prism (math.)
- 东华三院(東華三院) Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (Hong Kong)
- 三十五 35
- 三下两下(三下兩下) quickly and effortlessly
- 三天不打，上房揭瓦 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles
- 三轮儿(三輪兒) a pedicab; a tricycle
- 不管三七二十一 regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
- 第三 third
Also contained in
三井 、 马三立 、 三都县 、 第三声 、 长三角经济区 、 三中全会 、 三山 、 马三家 、 三元区 、 三洋 、 三穗县
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: 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
- 三事 (三事) 用彼三事 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — 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
- 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