| 1 | 三 | 三 | sān | San1 | three; 3; surname San | | |
| 2 | 第三 | 第三 | dì sān | di4 san1 | third; number three | | |
| 3 | 三十 | 三十 | sān shí | san1 shi2 | thirty; 30 | | |
| 4 | 三角形 | 三角形 | sān jiǎo xíng | san1 jiao3 xing2 | triangle | | |
| 5 | 十三 | 十三 | shí sān | shi2 san1 | thirteen; 13 | | |
| 6 | 三中全会 | 三中全會 | sān zhōng quán huì | San1 Zhong1 Quan2 hui4 | third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party | | |
| 7 | 二十三 | 二十三 | èr shí sān | er4 shi2 san1 | twenty three; 23 | | |
| 8 | 三月 | 三月 | sān yuè | San1 yue4 | March; third month (of the lunar year) | | |
| 9 | 三角 | 三角 | sān jiǎo | san1 jiao3 | triangle | | |
| 10 | 再三 | 再三 | zài sān | zai4 san1 | over and over again; again and again | | |
| 11 | 三十五 | 三十五 | sān shí wǔ | san1 shi2 wu3 | thirty five; 35 | | |
| 12 | 三角洲 | 三角洲 | sān jiǎo zhōu | san1 jiao3 zhou1 | delta (geography) | | |
| 13 | 三十二 | 三十二 | sān shí èr | san1 shi2 er4 | thirty two; 32 | | |
| 14 | 三十六 | 三十六 | sān shí liù | san1 shi2 liu4 | thirty six; 36 | | |
| 15 | 三十一 | 三十一 | sān shí yī | san1 shi2 yi1 | thirty one; 31 | | |
| 16 | 第三世界 | 第三世界 | dì sān shì jiè | di4 san1 shi4 jie4 | Third World | | |
| 17 | 三万 | 三萬 | sān wàn | san1 wan4 | 30 thousand | | |
| 18 | 第三者 | 第三者 | dì sān zhě | di4 san1 zhe3 | sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship; the other woman; the other man; third person; third party (in dispute); disinterested party; number three in a list | | |
| 19 | 三代 | 三代 | sān dài | san1 dai4 | three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) | | |
| 20 | 三十三 | 三十三 | sān shí sān | san1 shi2 san1 | thirty three; 33 | | |
| 21 | 三国 | 三國 | sān guó | San1 guo2 | Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history; several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新罗 in 658 | | |
| 22 | 三十七 | 三十七 | sān shí qī | san1 shi2 qi1 | thirty seven; 37 | | |
| 23 | 第三产业 | 第三產業 | dì sān chǎn yè | di4 san1 chan3 ye4 | tertiary sector of industry | | |
| 24 | 三八 | 三八 | sān bā | san1 ba1 | International Women's Day 妇女节 , 8th March; foolish; stupid | | |
| 25 | 三峡 | 三峽 | sān xiá | San1 xia2 | Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峡 , Wuxia Gorge 巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峡 ; Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市 , Taiwan | | |