English
- three
- surname San
- three
- three
- 3
粵語
- 3
As a component in · 40
Variants
Words containing 三
- 三國saam1 gwok3
Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history
- 再三zoi3 saam1
over and over again
- 三板saam1 baan2
sampan
- 小三siu2 saam1
mistress
- 三月saam1 jyut6
March
- 三行saam1 hong2
profession categorisation of masonry, carpentry and paint
- 三角saam1 gok3
triangle
- 三幾saam1 gei2
around three (quantity)
- 阿三aa3 saam1
(derog.) an Indian
- 三六saam1 luk6
dog (slang)
- 十三點sap6 saam1 dim2
half-witted
- 三劃saam1 waak6
three strokes (in a Chinese character) [written and colloquial]; a police sergeant [colloquial]
- 三峽saam1 haap6
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]
- 三鳥saam1 niu5
three birds
- 三八saam1 baat3
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fu4 nu:3 jie2], 8th March
- 三蛇saam1 se4
three snakes, or refers to bad things or people
- 三味saam1 mei2
three types of flavours [written and colloquial]
- 三甲saam1 gaap3
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination
- 三軍saam1 gwan1
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army
- 三圍saam1 wai4
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]
- 三思saam3 si1
a way of telling others to think twice before making any decision
- 第三dai6 saam1
the third
- 三不管saam1 bat1 gun2
of undetermined status
- 三柴saam1 caai4
sergeant, who has three hook marks on the badge