三U+4E093 STROKES
Entry·pron. sān
ㄙㄢ
“The number three; 3; third in order; often used to indicate multiple or repeated instances; a surname.”
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- 第三ㄉㄧˋ ㄙㄢthird; the third; thirdly; third place; third in order; third one; third party; third person; third party (law)
- 三十ㄙㄢ ㄕˊthirty; 30
- 三月ㄙㄢ ㄩㄝˋMarch; the third month of the year; third month of the lunar calendar
- 十三ㄕˊ ㄙㄢthirteen; the number 13.
- 三星ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄥSamsung (South Korean electronics company); three major stars in Chinese astronomy (Orion's Belt); three spirits of fortune, prosperity, and longevity.
- 三百ㄙㄢ ㄅㄞˇthree hundred; used in fixed expressions or idioms to mean 'a large number' or 'many'.
- 三千ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧㄢthree thousand; a large number; very many; innumerable.
- 三分之一ㄙㄢ ㄈㄣ ㄓ ㄧone third; 1/3; a fraction equal to one divided by three.
- 三成ㄙㄢ ㄔㄥˊthirty percent; three-tenths; a 30% share or proportion; (in Taiwan) a 30% deposit or down payment on a property.
- 三日ㄙㄢ ㄖˋthree days; a period of three days; (in Taiwan) a three-day period, often referring to a short holiday or break.
- 再三ㄗㄞˋ ㄙㄢrepeatedly; over and over again; time and again
- 兩三ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄙㄢtwo or three; a few; several.
- 三峽ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˊThree Gorges; Qutang, Wu, and Xiling gorges on the Yangtze River in central China; also a district in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
- 三重ㄙㄢ ㄔㄨㄥˊSanchong, a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan; treble (in music); Mie Prefecture in Japan.
- 三萬ㄙㄢ ㄨㄢˋthirty thousand; the number 30,000.
- 三年級ㄙㄢ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊthird grade (of school); third-year student; third-year class.
- 三角ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇtriangle; having corners or edges; trigonometry, the branch of mathematics dealing with triangles and trigonometric functions
- 十三日ㄕˊ ㄙㄢ ㄖˋthe thirteenth day of a month; the 13th (day).
- 小三ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄢmistress; the other woman (coll.); grade 3 in elementary school
- 三明治ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋa sandwich; a Western-style light meal; layers of meat, vegetables, salad, etc. between slices of bread.
- 三振ㄙㄢ ㄓㄣˋstrikeout in baseball or softball; (Taiwan) to be eliminated or removed from consideration
- 高三ㄍㄠ ㄙㄢthird year of senior high school; final year of high school in mainland China, typically focused on college entrance exam preparation.
- 三十六ㄙㄢ ㄕˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋthirty-six; the number 36.
- 三十五ㄙㄢ ㄕˊ ㄨˇthirty-five; the number 35.
- 周三ㄓㄡ ㄙㄢWednesday; the third day of the week.
- 二十三ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄙㄢtwenty-three; the number 23.
- 三十多ㄙㄢ ㄕˊ ㄉㄨㄛmore than thirty; over thirty; in the thirties (age or quantity).
- 三分之二ㄙㄢ ㄈㄣ ㄓ ㄦˋtwo-thirds; the fraction 2/3; two out of three parts
- 三軍ㄙㄢ ㄐㄩㄣthe three armed forces (army, navy, air force); the military as a whole; historically, the three divisions of an army (left, center, right).
- 三角形ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊa polygon with three sides and three angles; a triangular shape or object.
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