三 sān

three; 3

HSK 1 3 strokes Radical 一 Ideograph 9 words

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Three parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 二 (two).

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三

sān

three; 3

zàisān

over and over again; again and again

sānmíngzhì

sandwich (loanword)

sānjiǎo

triangle

sānwéi

three-dimensional; 3D

jiēèrliánsān

one after another (idiom); in quick succession

sānfānwǔcì

over and over again (idiom)

jǔyīfǎnsān

to raise one and infer three; to deduce many things from one case (idiom)

zhāosānmùsì

lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon