三

sān

three

surname San; 3

a picture of 三 → three stacked strokes counting to three

Three horizontal strokes count out the number visually, stacking one, then two, then three. It is one of the oldest counting systems preserved in Chinese writing.

一+二→三
一The number oneSemantic
二The number twoSemantic

我家有三只猫。

wǒ jiā yǒu sān zhī māo。

My home has three cats.

她每天早上喝三杯水。

tā měi tiān zǎo shang hē sān bēi shuǐ。

She drinks three cups of water every morning.

Words with 三

三价

sān jià

trivalent

三五

sān wǔ

several

三明

sān míng

see 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4]

三农

sān nóng

see 三農問題|三农问题[san1 nong2 wen4 ti2]

三台

sān tái

Santai county in Mianyang 綿陽|绵阳[Mian2 yang2], north Sichuan

三军

sān jūn

(in former times) upper, middle and lower army

三八线

sān bā xiàn

38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea

三围

sān wéi

BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围[xiong1 wei2], waist 腰圍|腰围[yao1 wei2] and hip 臀圍|臀围[tun2 wei2]

三包

sān bāo

"three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund

三门峡市

sān mén xiá shì

Sanmenxia, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]

三心二意

sān xīn èr yì

in two minds about sth (idiom)

三无

sān wú

lacking three key attributes (or at least one of them)

More characters with 一

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