三 sān

three

HSK 1 #125

DEFINITIONS

三 sān
  • surname San
  • three
  • 3

STROKES

WORDS

再三 zài sān
HSK 5
over and over again; again and again
丢三落四 diū sān là sì
HSK 6
forgetful; empty-headed
三明治 sān míng zhì sandwich (loanword); CL:個|个[ge4]
三十 sān shí thirty; 30
星期三 xīng qī sān Wednesday
周三 zhōu sān Wednesday
三角 sān jiǎo triangle
三分 sān fēn somewhat; to some degree
十三 shí sān thirteen; 13
三分之一 sān fēn zhī yī one third
三月 sān yuè March; third month (of the lunar year)
三八 sān bā International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March; foolish; stupid
第三世界 dì sān shì jiè Third World
第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship; the other woman; the other man; third person; third party (in dispute); disinterested party; number three in a list
三角洲 sān jiǎo zhōu delta (geography)
三角形 sān jiǎo xíng triangle
说三道四 shuō sān dào sì to make thoughtless remarks (idiom); to criticize; gossip
三流 sān liú third-rate; inferior
三维 sān wéi three-dimensional; 3D
三长两短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death
三级 sān jí grade 3; third class; category C
三思而后行 sān sī ér hòu xíng think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
瘪三 biē sān (Wu dialect) bum; wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing
三合会 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang; triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China
三叶草 sān yè cǎo clover; trefoil
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