sān

three

HSK 1 #125

DEFINITIONS

三 sān
  • surname San
  • three
  • 3

STROKES

WORDS

纪 dì sān jì third period; tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)
紀 dì sān jì third period; tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)
声 dì sān shēng third tone in Mandarin; falling-rising tone
聲 dì sān shēng third tone in Mandarin; falling-rising tone
等腰角形 děng yāo sān jiǎo xíng isosceles triangle
等边角形 děng biān sān jiǎo xíng equilateral triangle
等邊角形 děng biān sān jiǎo xíng equilateral triangle
管他七二十一 guǎn tā sān qī èr shí yī who cares; no matter what; regardless of the consequences
約法章 yuē fǎ sān zhāng to agree on three laws (idiom); three-point covenant; (fig.) preliminary agreement; basic rules
约翰书 yuē hàn sān shū Third epistle of St John
約翰書 yuē hàn sān shū Third epistle of St John
网开面 wǎng kāi sān miàn to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment
網開面 wǎng kāi sān miàn to leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment
总会明治 zǒng huì sān míng zhì club sandwich
總會明治 zǒng huì sān míng zhì club sandwich
绕梁日 rào liáng sān rì reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
繞梁日 rào liáng sān rì reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
篇 lǎo sān piān Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
色 lǎo sān sè the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
头肌 gōng sān tóu jī triceps brachii (back of the upper arm)
頭肌 gōng sān tóu jī triceps brachii (back of the upper arm)
腺嘌呤核苷磷酸 xiàn piào lìng hé gān sān lín suān adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
舉一反 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three; to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
比克 mò sān bǐ kè Mozambique (Tw)
莱齐耶世 lái qí yē sān shì Letsie III of Lesotho