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三
sān
1. three
2. 3
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 3 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

三
sān
three
HSK 1 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

三河
Sānhé
Three rivers
三膲
sānjiāo
variant of [[三焦<sānjiāo>]], triple foci, the three visceral cavities (TCM)
三星
Sānxīng
Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county [[宜蘭縣|宜兰县<Yílánxiàn>]], Taiwan
三水
Sānshuǐ
Sanshui district of Foshan city [[佛山市<Fóshānshì>]], Guangdong
三田
Sāntián
Mita, Sanda, Mitsuda etc (Japanese surname or place name)
三义
Sānyì
Sanyi township in Miaoli county [[苗栗縣|苗栗县<Miáolìxiàn>]], northwest Taiwan
三废
sānfèi
three types of waste product, namely: waste water [[廢水|废水<fèishuǐ>]], exhaust gas [[廢氣|废气<fèiqì>]], industrial slag [[廢渣|废渣<fèizhā>]]
三明
Sānmíng
Sanming prefecture level city in Fujian
三更
sāngēng
third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
三民
Sānmín
Sanmin district of Kaohsiung city [[高雄市<Gāoxióngshì>]], south Taiwan
三流
sānliú
third-rate
三焦
sānjiāo
triple foci, the three visceral cavities (TCM)
三穗
Sānsuì
Sansui county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture [[黔東南州|黔东南州<Qiándōngnánzhōu>]], Guizhou
三维
sānwéi
three dimensional
三度
sāndù
third (musical interval)
三厢
sānxiāng
sedan (automobile body type)
三弦
sānxián
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
三族
sānzú
(old) three generations (father, self and sons)
三星
sānxīng
three major stars of the Three Stars [[參宿|参宿<Shēnxiù>]] Chinese constellation
三昧
sānmèi
Samadhi (Buddhist term)

Example Sentences (10)

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
我家有三口人。
Wǒ jiā yǒu sān kǒu rén.
There are three people in my family.
Text 1
三块五一斤。
Sān kuài wǔ yì jīn.
3.5 yuan per jin.
Text 3
三一七。
sān yī qī.
Three one seven.
Text 3
住三天。
Zhù sān tiān.
Stay for three days.
Text 3
三点多。
sān diǎn duō.
A little after three.
Text 3
我三年没运动了。
Wǒ sān nián méi yùndòng le.
I haven't exercised for three years.
Text 3
三千多块。
Sān qiān duō kuài.
Over three thousand yuan.
Text 1
不，她在北京工作三年了。
Bù, tā zài Běijīng gōngzuò sān nián le.
No, she has been working in Beijing for three years.
Text 1
第三，必须根据自己的健康情况运动。
Dì sān, bìxū gēnjù zìjǐ de jiànkāng qíngkuàng yùndòng.
Third, you must exercise according to your own health condition.
Text 4

Alternate Entries

三
Sān
surname San
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
124
Word Frequency Rank
335 of 84,292