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saamˉ¹三
Pinyin: san1
Translations
nounthree; third; thrice
nounseveral; many; few
saamˉ¹三jinˎ₄絃ngokˍ₆樂hei˗₃器
简 三弦乐器
Pinyin: san1 xian2 yue4 qi4
Translations
nounrebec, rebeck; trichord Renaissance fiddle
sapˍ₆十saamˉ¹三
Pinyin: shi2 san1
Translations
nounthirteen; 13
jiuˏ₅繞loengˎ₄梁saamˉ¹三jatˍ₆日
简 绕梁三日
Pinyin: rao4 liang2 san1 ri4
Translations
nounsonorous and resounding (lit., "reverberates around the rafters for three days", esp. of singing voice)
saamˉ¹三waiˎ₄維dinˍ₆電jingˊ²影
简 三维电影
Pinyin: san1 wei2 dian4 ying3
Translations
nounthree-dimensional (3D) movie
noun3D movie
saamˉ¹三gwok˗₃國zi˗₃志
简 三国志
Pinyin: san1 guo2 zhi4
Translations
nounHistory of the Three Kingdoms
saamˉ¹三gok˗₃角lyunˊ²戀oi˗₃愛
简 三角恋爱
Pinyin: san1 jiao3 lian4 ai4
Translations
nounlove triangle
loengˏ₅兩saamˉ¹三dingˉ¹丁
简 两三丁
Pinyin: liang3 san1 ding1
Translations
noundescribes a small population of people
saamˉ¹三fanˉ¹分
Pinyin: san1 fen1
Translations
nountrisection
gaauˊ²攪saamˉ¹三gaauˊ²攪sei˗₃四
简 搅三搅四
Pinyin: jiao3 san1 jiao3 si4
Translations
nounto visit prostitutes; to get into trouble
noundescribes a person's act of intentionally stirring up trouble between people by doing things such as spreading rumors; meddling around; fooling around
saamˉ¹三cinˉ¹千
Pinyin: san1 qian1
Translations
nounthree thousand; 3,000
nounthree thousand
saamˉ¹三singˎ₄成sukˍ₆熟
Pinyin: san1 cheng2 shu2
Translations
nounmedium-rare (for a steak)
daiˍ₆第saamˉ¹三caanˊ²產jipˍ₆業
简 第三产业
Pinyin: di4 san1 chan3 ye4
Translations
nountertiary industry; service sector
diuˉ¹丟saamˉ¹三lokˍ₆落sei˗₃四
简 丢三落四
Pinyin: diu1 san1 la4 si4
Translations
nounabsentminded; forgetful
linˎ₄連zung˗₃中saamˉ¹三jyunˎ₄元
简 连中三元
Pinyin: lian2 zhong4 san1 yuan2
Translations
nounhat trick, three goals or points scored by one player in one game
nounto get a first qualification in imperial examinations at provincial, national and palace level successively
saamˉ¹三sapˍ₆十jiˍ₆二
Pinyin: san1 shi2 er4
Translations
nounthirty-two; 32
pingˎ₄平minˊ²面saamˉ¹三gok˗₃角
Pinyin: ping2 mian4 san1 jiao3
Translations
nounplane trigonometry
jinˉ¹煙saamˉ¹三manˎ₄文jyuˊ²魚
简 烟三文鱼
Pinyin: yan1 san1 wen2 yu2
Translations
nounsmoked salmon
saamˉ¹三fatˉ¹氟faa˗₃化pangˎ₄硼
Pinyin: san1 fu2 hua4 peng2
Translations
nounboron trifluoride
saamˉ¹三cyun˗₃寸dengˉ¹釘
简 三寸钉
Pinyin: san1 cun4 ding1
Translations
nounsmall in stature (like a dwarf, lit., "three inch nail")
nounA short person
manˍ₆問saamˉ¹三manˍ₆問sei˗₃四
简 问三问四
Pinyin: wen4 san1 wen4 si4
Translations
nounask all kinds of nosy questions
saamˉ¹三sapˍ₆十ngˏ₅五
Pinyin: san1 shi2 wu3
Translations
nounthirty-five; 35
saamˉ¹三ziˊ²指sauˊ²手
Pinyin: san1 zhi3 shou3
Translations
nounthe middle finger
mouˎ₄無fungˉ¹風saamˉ¹三cek˗₃尺longˍ₆浪
简 无风三尺浪
Pinyin: wu2 feng1 san1 chi3 lang4
Translations
nounSth. happens out of the blue
noun(Cantonese analogy - figurative meaning) something happen suddenly without any forewarning
gongˊ²講laiˎ₄嚟gongˊ²講heoi˗₃去saamˉ¹三fukˉ¹幅peiˏ₅被
简 讲嚟讲去三幅被
Pinyin: jiang3 li2 jiang3 qu4 san1 fu2 bei4
Translations
nounsay the same thing over and over
nounto keep saying the same things
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