三

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 一，二，三！

  Yī èr sān

  One, two, three!

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• 这我要三个。

  Zhè wǒ yào sān gè

  I'd like three of these.

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• 数到三十。

  Shù dào sān shí

  Count to thirty.

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• 他有三个儿子。

  Tā yǒu sān gè ér zi

  He has three sons.

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Words containing 三

• 三sān 1three; 3
• 再三zài sān 4–1 over and over again; again and again
• 三角sān jiǎo 1–3 triangle
• 三明治sān míng zhì 1–2–4sandwich (loanword)
• 丢三落四diū sān là sì 1–1–4–4forgetful; empty-headed
• 三维sān wéi 1–2 three-dimensional; 3D
• 接二连三jiē èr lián sān 1–4–2–1one after another (idiom); in quick succession
• 三番五次sān fān wǔ cì 1–1–3–4over and over again (idiom)
• 举一反三jǔ yī fǎn sān 3–1–3–1to raise one and infer three; to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
• 朝三暮四zhāo sān mù sì 1–1–4–4lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon; indecisive; to blow hot and cold