Learn HSK courses HSK 2.0 Current standard HSK 3.0 Complete HSK 1 course Practice Flashcards & reading Flashcards SRS practice Reading Practice with texts HSK Decks Browse & enroll decks My Decks Manage custom decks Reference Dictionary, HSK & hanzi Dictionary Search everything HSK Review Explore texts & vocabulary Hanzi Characters & strokes Play Games All Games Pick a game Hanzi Hunter Pinyin space shooter Tone Trials Train your ear Memory March New or seen before? High Scores Your best runs Progress Stats & rankings Stats Your learning dashboard Achievements Badges & milestones Leaderboards How you rank
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
Learn
HSK 2.0 Current standard HSK 3.0 Complete HSK 1 course
Practice
Flashcards SRS practice Reading Practice with texts HSK Decks Browse & enroll decks My Decks Manage custom decks
Reference
Dictionary Search everything HSK Review Explore texts & vocabulary Hanzi Characters & strokes
Play
All Games Pick a game Hanzi Hunter Pinyin space shooter Tone Trials Train your ear Memory March New or seen before? High Scores Your best runs
Progress
Stats Your learning dashboard Achievements Badges & milestones Leaderboards How you rank
Preview the new look
Login Sign Up
Preview the new look
Back to Dictionary
三国
三國
Sānguó
1. Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history
2. several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla [[新羅|新罗<Xīnluó>]] in 658
Noun

Character Breakdown

三
sān
three
HSK 1 3 丶
国
guó
country, nation, state; national
HSK 1 8 丶

Compound Words (4)

三国志
Sānguózhì
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories [[二十四史<ÈrshísìShǐ>]], composed by Chen Shou [[陳壽|陈寿<ChénShòu>]] in 289 during Jin Dynasty [[晉朝|晋朝<Jìncháo>]], 65 scrolls
三国史记
Sānguóshǐjì
History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik [[金富軾|金富轼<JīnFùshì>]] in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo [[高句麗|高句丽<Gāogōulí>]], Baekje [[百濟|百济<Bǎijì>]], Silla [[新羅|新罗<Xīnluó>]].
三国演义
SānguóYǎnyì
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong [[羅貫中|罗贯中<LuóGuànzhōng>]], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
第三国际
DìsānGuójì
see [[共產國際|共产国际<GòngchǎnGuójì>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese

LearnChinese.ai

Master Mandarin

Site

About Custom Decks Accounts & Social Contact

Editorial

Learning Resources Blog HSK 2.0 vs 3.0

Legal

Privacy Policy Terms of Service

Books

Free Classic Courses

© 2026 LearnChinese.ai. All rights reserved.