Chinese Word: 叁 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

叁 (Trad.: 參)

Pinyin: sān

English Definition: three (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Chinese Definition:
①“三”的大写。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 厶

Ideographic:Three 三 with accents to prevent forgery

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- ⿱ Above to below
  - 厶 [ sī ] private, secret
  - 大 [ dà ] big, great, vast, high, deep
- 三 [ sān ] three

Similar Characters: 参

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	叁拾	sān shí	thirty (in banker's anti-fraud numerals)
	垂涎叁尺	chuí xián sān chǐ	to drool (over) (成语 saw); to yearn for; to covet; to crave

1		tā men 他们 zhāi 摘 le 了 sān 叁 kuāng 筐 píng guǒ 苹果。 They picked three baskets of apples.
2		nà 那 nián tóu 年头 chī 吃 yī dùn 一顿 sān 叁 dào 道 cài 菜 de 的 hǎo 好 fàn 饭 hái 还 huā 花 bù 不 le 了 yī 一 yīng bàng 英镑。 Time was you could get a good three-course meal for less than a pound.
3		chèng 秤 yí cì 一次， rán hòu 然后 gēn 跟 gù kè 顾客 shuō 说：「 zhè lǐ 这里 yǒu 有 yī zhǐ 一只 bǐ jiào 比较 dà 大， mài 卖 sān 叁 shí yuán 十元。」 then said, "Here's a bigger one. This one's thirty