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三
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
三C
sānC
see 3C<sānC>
三P
sānP
(slang) threesome
三七
sānqī
pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
三不
sānbù
the three no's (abbreviated catchphrase)
三世
sānshì
the Third (of numbered kings)
三井
Sānjǐng
Mitsui (Japanese company)
三亚
Sānyà
Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三仇
sānchóu
animosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police) due to perceived abuse of power
三代
sāndài
third-generation
三伏
sānfú
three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: [[初伏]] (mid-July), [[中伏]] (late July to early August), [[末伏]] (mid-August)
三倍
sānbèi
triple
三价
sānjià
trivalent
三光
sānguāng
the sun, the moon, and the stars
三两
sānliǎng
two or three
三八
sānbā
International Women's Day [[婦女節|妇女节<Fùnǚjié>]], 8th March
三分
sānfēn
somewhat
三包
sānbāo
"three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund
三十
sānshí
thirty
三原
Sānyuán
Sanyuan County in Xianyang [[咸陽|咸阳<Xiányáng>]], Shaanxi
三反
sānfǎn
"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52
Example Sentences (10)
你看人家王老师，刚来这儿工作三年就当了教授，还有个好妻子，真让人羡慕！
Nǐ kàn rénjiā Wáng lǎoshī, gāng lái zhèr gōngzuò sān nián jiù dāng le jiàoshòu, hái yǒu gè hǎo qīzǐ, zhēn ràng rén xiànmù!
Look at Teacher Wang: he came here to work only three years ago and already became a professor, and he even has a good wife. It really makes people envious!
Text 2
别吃了，你已经吃了三块蛋糕了。
Bié chī le, nǐ yǐjīng chī le sān kuài dàngāo le.
Don't eat anymore, you've already eaten three pieces of cake.
Text 2
每年三四月份的时候，如果从北方坐火车到南方去旅游，一路上你会发现，不同的地方有不同的风景：窗外的树一棵一棵地变绿，北方也许还下着雪，南方却已经到处都是绿色了。
Měinián sānsì yuèfèn de shíhòu, rúguǒ cóng běifāng zuò huǒchē dào nánfāng qù lǚyóu, yílùshàng nǐ huì fāxiàn, bùtóng de dìfāng yǒu bùtóng de fēngjǐng: chuāngwài de shù yìkē yìkē de biànlǜ, běifāng yěxǔ hái xià zhe xuě, nánfāng què yǐjīng dàochù dōu shì lǜsè le.
Around March or April each year, if you take a train from the north to the south to travel, along the way you will find that different places have different scenery: the trees outside the window turn green one by one, it may still be snowing in the north, but in the south it is already green everywhere.
Text 4
另外，马经理让我告诉大家一个好消息，因为大家按时完成了工作，公司决定这个月给每人多发三千元奖金。
Lìngwài, mǎ jīnglǐ ràng wǒ gàosu dàjiā yí gè hǎo xiāoxi, yīnwèi dàjiā ànshí wánchéng le gōngzuò, gōngsī juédìng zhège yuè gěi měi rén duō fā sān qiān yuán jiǎngjīn.
Also, Manager Ma asked me to tell everyone some good news: because everyone finished the work on time, the company has decided to give each person an extra 3,000 yuan bonus this month.
Text 4
苹果三块五一斤。这些七块二，一共七块钱吧。
Píngguǒ sān kuài wǔ yì jīn. Zhèxiē qī kuài èr, yí gòng qī kuài qián ba.
Apples are 3.5 per half-kilo. These are 7.2; altogether 7 yuan, right?
Text 2
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 124
- Word Frequency Rank
- 335 of 84,292