Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
安德洛尼卡三世 | Ān dé luò ní kǎ Sān shì | Andronikos III Palaiologos | |
半夜三更 | bàn yè sān gēng | in the depth of night; late at night | |
癟三 | 瘪三 | biē sān | a wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing |
不等邊三角形 | 不等边三角形 | bù děng biān sān jiǎo xíng | scalene triangle |
不三不四 | bù sān bù sì | dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript | |
長江三角洲 | 长江三角洲 | Cháng jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu | Yangtze River Delta |
長江三峽 | 长江三峡 | cháng jiāng sān xiá | Three Gorges |
朝三暮四 | cháo sān mù sì | (saying) to change sth that is already settled upon; blow hot and cold | |
雌三醇 | cí sān chún | estriol | |
第三 | dì sān | third; No. 3 | |
第三產業 | 第三产业 | dì sān chǎn yè | tertiary sector of industry |
第三次 | dì sān cì | third; third time | |
第三方 | dì sān fāng | third party | |
第三紀 | 第三纪 | dì sān jì | tertiary |
第三十 | dì sān shí | thirtieth | |
第三世界 | dì sān shì jiè | Third World | |
第三正規化 | 第三正规化 | dì sān zhèng guī huà | third normal form |
第十三 | dì shí sān | thirteenth | |
東華三院 | 东华三院 | Dōng Huá Sān yuàn | Tung Wah Group of Hospitals |
二氯異三聚氰酸鈉 | 二氯异三聚氰酸钠 | èr lǜ yì sān jù qíng suān nà | sodium dichloroisocyanurate |
二十三 | èr shí sān | 23 | |
福爾摩沙三角 | 福尔摩沙三角 | Fú ěr mó shā sān jiǎo | Formosa Triangle |
建三江 | Jiàn sān jiāng | (N) Jiansanjiang (place in Heilongjiang) | |
接二連三 | 接二连三 | jiē èr lián sān | (saying) one right after another |
金三角 | Jīn sān jiǎo | Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) | |
金泳三 | Jīn Yǒng sān | Kim Young-sam | |
九三學社 | 九三学社 | jiǔ sān xué shè | Jiusan Society |
卡齊米日三世 | 卡齐米日三世 | Kǎ qí mǐ rì Sān shì | Casimir III of Poland |
萊齊耶三世 | 莱齐耶三世 | Lái qí yē Sān shì | Letsie III of Lesotho |
陸海空三軍 | 陆海空三军 | lù hǎi kōng sān jūn | army, navy, air force |
馬三立 | 马三立 | Mǎ Sān lì | Ma Sanli |
湄公河三角洲 | méi gōng hé sān jiǎo zhōu | Mekong River delta | |
米海爾三世 | 米海尔三世 | Mǐ hǎi ěr Sān shì | Michael III |
歐盟三支柱 | 欧盟三支柱 | ōu méng sān zhī zhù | Three pillars of the European Union |
七月三十號 | 七月三十号 | qī yuè sān shí hào | July 30 |
齊格蒙特三世 | 齐格蒙特三世 | Qí gé méng tè Sān shì | Sigismund III Vasa |
錢三強 | 钱三强 | Qián Sān qiáng | Qian Sanqiang |
入木三分 | rù mù sān fēn | written in a forceful hand; penetrating; profound | |
若昂三世 | Ruò áng Sān shì | John III of Portugal | |
三 | sān | three; 3 | |
三百 | sān bǎi | three hundred | |
三百億 | 三百亿 | sān bǎi yì | 30 billion |
三邦縣 | 三邦县 | Sān bāng xiàn | Sampang Regency |
三寶 | 三宝 | sān bǎo | three jewels |
三倍 | sān bèi | triple | |
三不 | sān bù | "the three no's" (an example of an abbreviated slogan or catchphrase) | |
三部曲 | sān bù qǔ | trilogy | |
三藏 | Sān cáng | Tripitaka | |
三叉戟 | sān chā jǐ | trident | |
三叉神經 | 三叉神经 | sān chā shén jīng | trigeminal nerve |
三岔口 | sān chà kǒu | At The Crossroads, the name of a famous opera, story from Shui Hu Zhuan | |
三重 | sān chóng | treble | |
三次 | sān cì | third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) | |
三次曲線 | 三次曲线 | sān cì qū xiàn | (geom.) cubic curve |
三大男高音演唱會 | 三大男高音演唱会 | Sān dà nán gāo yīn yǎn chàng huì | The Three Tenors |
三代 | sān dài | third-generation | |
三等分 | sān děng fēn | (geom.) trisection | |
三等分角 | sān děng fēn jiǎo | (geom.) trisecting an angle | |
三地門鄉 | 三地门乡 | Sān dì mén xiāng | (N) Santimen (village in Taiwan) |
三疊紀 | 三叠纪 | sān dié jì | Triassic (geological period) |
三迭紀 | 三迭纪 | sān dié jì | Triassic (geological period) |
三都水族自治縣 | 三都水族自治县 | Sān dōu shuǐ zú zì zhì xiàn | (N) Sandou Shuizu autonomous county (county in Guizhou) |
三番五次 | sān fān wǔ cì | (saying) do over and over again | |
三分法 | sān fēn fǎ | trichotomy | |
三分之二 | sān fēn zhī èr | two-thirds | |
三分之一 | sān fēn zhī yī | one third | |
三氟化硼 | sān fú huà péng | boron trifluoride | |
三個代表 | 三个代表 | sān gè dài biǎo | the Three Represents of Jiang Zemin |
三國 | 三国 | Sān guó | Three Kingdoms |
三國演義 | 三国演义 | sān guó yǎn yì | name of a classic novel, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" |
三國志 | 三国志 | Sān guó zhì | Records of Three Kingdoms |
三合會 | 三合会 | sān hé huì | Triad; "Black Society"; Chinese criminal organization |
三合土 | sān hé tǔ | concrete; cement; mortar | |
三河縣 | 三河县 | Sān hé xiàn | (N) Sanhe county (county in Beijing) |
三合一 | sān hé yī | three in one; triple | |
三合一疫苗 | sān hé yī yì miáo | DTP vaccination | |
三級跳 | 三级跳 | sān jí tiào | triple jump |
三江侗族自治縣 | 三江侗族自治县 | Sān jiāng dòng zú zì zhì xiàn | (N) Sanjiang Dongzu autonomous county (county in Guangxi) |
三角 | sān jiǎo | (n) a triangle | |
三角腹帶 | 三角腹带 | sān jiǎo fù dài | athletic supporter |
三角函數 | 三角函数 | sān jiǎo hán shù | trigonometric function |
三角形 | sān jiǎo xíng | triangle | |
三角學 | 三角学 | sān jiǎo xué | trigonometry |
三角洲 | sān jiǎo zhōu | delta | |
三斤王 | Sān jīn wáng | Samgeun of Baekje | |
三聚氰胺 | sān jù qíng àn | melamine | |
三軍 | 三军 | sān jūn | tri-service |
三棱鏡 | 三棱镜 | sān léng jìng | (triangular) prism |
三稜鏡 | 三稜镜 | sān léng jìng | prism |
三裡河 | 三里河 | Sān lǐ hé | Sanlihe (Beijing street name) |
三裡屯 | 三里屯 | Sān lǐ tún | Sanlitun (Beijing street name) |
三磷酸腺苷 | sān lín suān xiàn gān | adenosine triphosphate (ATP) | |
三菱 | Sān líng | mitsubishi | |
三氯化磷 | sān lǜ huà lín | phosphorous trichloride | |
三氯氧磷 | sān lǜ yǎng lín | phosphorous oxychloride | |
三氯已烷 | sān lǜ yǐ wán | trichloroethane | |
三氯已烯 | sān lǜ yǐ xī | trichloroethylene | |
三輪車伕 | 三轮车夫 | sān lún chē fū | pedicab driver |
三昧 | sān mèi | Samadhi (Buddhist term) | |
三門峽 | 三门峡 | Sān mén xiá | (N) Sanmenxia (city in Henan) |
三門峽市 | 三门峡市 | Sān mén xiá shì | Sanmenxia |
三民區 | 三民区 | Sān mín qū | (N) Sanmin (area in Taiwan) |
三民鄉 | 三民乡 | Sān mín xiāng | (N) Sanmin (village in Taiwan) |
三民主義 | 三民主义 | sān mín zhǔ yì | Three Principles of the People |
三明 | Sān míng | (N) Sanming (city in Fujian) | |
三明治 | sān míng zhì | sandwich | |
三年 | sān nián | three years | |
三七 | Sān qī | Panax pseudoginseng | |
三千到五千萬 | 三千到五千万 | sān qiān dào wǔ qiān wàn | 30 to 50 million |
三千五百 | sān qiān wǔ bǎi | 3 500 | |
三權分立 | 三权分立 | sān quán fēn lì | separation of powers |
三色 | sān sè | three colors | |
三色紫羅蘭 | 三色紫罗兰 | sān sè zǐ luó lán | pansy |
三十 | sān shí | thirty; 30 | |
三十年來 | 三十年来 | sān shí nián lái | for the past thirty years |
三十四 | sān shí sì | thirty-four; 34 | |
三十天 | sān shí tiān | thirty days | |
三十五億 | 三十五亿 | sān shí wǔ yì | 3.5 billion |
三十億 | 三十亿 | sān shí yì | three billion |
三雙 | 三双 | sān shuāng | triple-double |
三水區 | 三水区 | Sān shuǐ qū | Sanshui |
三水縣 | 三水县 | Sān shuǐ xiàn | (N) Sanshui county (county in Guangdong) |
三穗縣 | 三穗县 | Sān suì xiàn | (N) Sansui county (county in Guizhou) |
三台縣 | 三台县 | Sān tái xiàn | (N) Santai county (county in Sichuan) |
三體問題 | 三体问题 | sān tǐ wèn tí | the three-body problem (math. phys.) |
三天 | sān tiān | three days | |
三通 | sān tōng | Three Links | |
三灣鄉 | 三湾乡 | Sān wān xiāng | (N) Sanwan (village in Taiwan) |
三萬 | 三万 | sān wàn | 30 thousand |
三萬七千 | 三万七千 | sān wàn qī qiān | 37 thousand |
三隈號重巡洋艦 | 三隈号重巡洋舰 | sān wēi hào zhòng xún yáng jiàn | Japanese cruiser Mikuma |
三維 | 三维 | sān wéi | three dimensional; 3D |
三維空間 | 三维空间 | sān wéi kōng jiān | three-dimensional space; 3D |
三位一體 | 三位一体 | sān wèi yī tǐ | Holy Trinity |
三峽 | 三峡 | sān xiá | The Three Changjiang River Gorges; The Three Gorges |
三峽大壩 | 三峡大坝 | Sān xiá Dà bà | Three Gorges Project |
三峽鎮 | 三峡镇 | Sān xiá zhèn | (N) Sanhsia (town in Taiwan) |
三弦 | sān xián | sanxian (Chinese lute) | |
三心二意 | sān xīn èr yì | careless | |
三星 | sān xīng | Samsung, South Korean electronics company | |
三星集團 | 三星集团 | Sān xīng Jí tuán | Samsung Group |
三星鄉 | 三星乡 | Sān xīng xiāng | (N) Sanhsing (village in Taiwan) |
三亞 | 三亚 | Sān yà | (N) Sanya (city in Hainan) |
三亞市 | 三亚市 | Sān yà shì | Sanya |
三葉草屬 | 三叶草属 | sān yè cǎo shǔ | clover |
三義鄉 | 三义乡 | Sān yì xiāng | (N) Sani (village in Taiwan) |
三原縣 | 三原县 | Sān yuán xiàn | (N) Sanyuan county (county in Shaanxi) |
三月 | sān yuè | March; third month | |
三月二十一號 | 三月二十一号 | sān yuè èr shí yī hào | March 21 |
三芝鄉 | 三芝乡 | Sān zhī xiāng | (N) Sanchih (village in Taiwan) |
三值邏輯 | 三值逻辑 | sān zhí luó ji | ternary logic |
三字經 | 三字经 | Sān Zì Jīng | Three Character Classic |
十三 | shí sān | thirteen; 13 | |
十三經 | 十三经 | shí sān jīng | the Thirteen Confucian Classics |
十三日 | shí sān rì | thirtieth day of a month | |
四十三 | sì shí sān | 43; forty three | |
提格拉特帕拉沙爾三世 | 提格拉特帕拉沙尔三世 | Tí gé lā tè Pà lā shā ěr Sān shì | Tiglath-pileser III |
西三條 | 西三条 | xī sān tiáo | Xisantiao (Beijing placename) |
腺嘌呤核甘三磷酸 | xiàn biāo líng hé gān sān lín suān | Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) | |
星期三 | xīng qī sān | Wednesday | |
遺產三部曲 | 遗产三部曲 | Yí chǎn sān bù qǔ | Inheritance Trilogy |
約翰三世 | 约翰三世 | Yuē hàn Sān shì | John III |
約翰三書 | 约翰三书 | Yuē hàn sān shū | 3 John |
再三 | zài sān | over and over again; again and again | |
周三 | zhōu sān | Wednesday | |
珠江三角洲 | Zhū jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu | Pearl River Delta |
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