Chinese Word: 三 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

三HSK 1

Pinyin: sān

English Definition: three; 3

Chinese Definition:
①数名，二加一(在钞票和单据上常用大写“叁”代)：三维空间。三部曲。三国(中国朝代名)。
②表示多次或多数：三思而行。三缄其口。

Antonyms: 一

Total strokes: 3; Radical: 一

Ideographic: Three parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 二 (two)

Character Formation:

Similar Characters: 二仁仨

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三个代表	sān gè dài biǎo	the Three Represents enunciated by Jiang Zemin 江泽民 as the duty of the Chinese Communist party in 2001, namely: to represent productivity of an advanced society, forward progress of advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the people
三农	sān nóng	see 三农问题
三角	sān jiǎo	triangle	HSK 3
三通	sān tōng	T-joint; T-piece; T-pipe; three links
三国	sān guó	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

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1		tā men 他们 gěi 给 le 了 wǒ 我 sān 三 xiǎo shí 小时 lì shǐ kè 历史课 de 的 xué fēn 学分。 They credited me with three hours in history.
2		wǒ men 我们 xué xiào 学校 wèi 为 nà 那 cì 次 lv xíng 旅行 bāo 包 le 了 sān 三 liàng 辆 gōng gòng 公共 qì chē 汽车。 Our school chartered three buses for the trip.
3		wǒ 我 de 的 shǒu biǎo 手表 màn 慢 le 了， suǒ yǐ 所以 wǒ 我 bǎ 把 tā 它 xiàng qián 向前 bō 拨 le 了 sān 三 fēn zhōng 分钟。 My watch was slow, so I put it forward three minutes.
4		wǒ 我 hé 和 mǎ lì 玛丽 gāng gāng 刚刚 tiào 跳 le 了 dà yuē 大约 sān 三 fēn zhōng 分钟 de 的 wǔ 舞， jiù 就 yǒu rén 有人 lái 来 jié wǔ 截舞。 I had only danced with Mary about three minutes when someone cut in.
5		tā 他 yī 一 lián 连 sān 三 tiān 天 dōu 都 zài 在 fā shāo 发烧。 He had [ran] a temperature for three days.

1		tā men 他们 gěi 给 le 了 wǒ 我 sān 三 xiǎo shí 小时 lì shǐ kè 历史课 de 的 xué fēn 学分。 They credited me with three hours in history.
2		wǒ men 我们 xué xiào 学校 wèi 为 nà 那 cì 次 lv xíng 旅行 bāo 包 le 了 sān 三 liàng 辆 gōng gòng 公共 qì chē 汽车。 Our school chartered three buses for the trip.
3		wǒ 我 de 的 shǒu biǎo 手表 màn 慢 le 了， suǒ yǐ 所以 wǒ 我 bǎ 把 tā 它 xiàng qián 向前 bō 拨 le 了 sān 三 fēn zhōng 分钟。 My watch was slow, so I put it forward three minutes.
4		wǒ 我 hé 和 mǎ lì 玛丽 gāng gāng 刚刚 tiào 跳 le 了 dà yuē 大约 sān 三 fēn zhōng 分钟 de 的 wǔ 舞， jiù 就 yǒu rén 有人 lái 来 jié wǔ 截舞。 I had only danced with Mary about three minutes when someone cut in.
5		tā 他 yī 一 lián 连 sān 三 tiān 天 dōu 都 zài 在 fā shāo 发烧。 He had [ran] a temperature for three days.