三
three; surname San; 3
- Strokes
- 3
- Pinyin
- sān
Parts
Built from 三
Words with 三
- 三Psān p · sanp(slang) threesome
- 三七sān qī · sanqipseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
- 三不sān bù · sanbuthe three no's (abbreviated catchphrase)
- 三世sān shì · sanshithe Third (of numbered kings)
- 三五sān wǔ · sanwuseveral; three or five
- 三井sān jǐng · sanjingMitsui (Japanese company)
- 三仇sān chóu · sanchouanimosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police) due to perceived abuse of power
- 三代sān dài · sandaithree generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
- 三伏sān fú · sanfuthe three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
- 三倍sān bèi · sanbeitriple; three times as much; threefold
- 三价sān jià · sanjiatrivalent
- 三元sān yuán · sanyuan(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
- 三光sān guāng · sanguangthe sun, the moon, and the stars
- 三两sān liǎng · sanliangtwo or three
- 三八sān bā · sanbaInternational Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March; foolish; stupid
- 三分sān fēn · sanfensomewhat; to some degree
- 三包sān bāo · sanbao"three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund
- 三北sān běi · sanbeiChina's three northern regions, 東北|东北[Dong1 bei3], 華北|华北[Hua2 bei3] and 西北[Xi1 bei3]
- 三十sān shí · sanshithirty; 30
- 三反sān fǎn · sanfan"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951–52
- 三国sān guó · sanguoThree Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history; any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2] in 658
- 三围sān wéi · sanweiBWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围[xiong1 wei2], waist 腰圍|腰围[yao1 wei2] and hip 臀圍|臀围[tun2 wei2]
- 三宝sān bǎo · sanbaothe Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order)
- 三小sān xiǎo · sanxiao(Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])
- 三峡sān xiá · sanxiaThree Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]; Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- 三度sān dù · sanduthird (musical interval)
- 三厢sān xiāng · sanxiangsedan (automobile body type)
- 三废sān fèi · sanfeithree types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水[fei4 shui3], exhaust gas 廢氣|废气[fei4 qi4], industrial slag 廢渣|废渣[fei4 zha1]
- 三弦sān xián · sanxiansanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
- 三振sān zhèn · sanzhento strike out; strikeout (baseball, softball); (Tw) to ditch