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sān

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sān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sān | san1
English translation
three (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

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About sān

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

sān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Learning hint

Three Sān with accents to prevent forgery

Etymology of sān

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱⿱厶大三

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Example sentences using sān

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sān èr líng . 我们 wǒmen 升空 shēng kōng le !

Five, four, three, two, one, zero. We have lift - off!

háo 球场 qiú chǎng shǎng de 比分 bǐ fēn shì sān shí líng .

The score in the game on Court One is thirty - love.

我们 wǒmen 2 líng huò 21赢得 yíng dé 这叁 liǎng shèng de 比赛 bǐsài .

We can win the rubber 2 games to nil or 2 -

我们 wǒmen duì sān líng 获胜 huò shèng .

Our team won the game three nil / three goals to nil, ie 3 -

lěi huài le .孩子 háizi 夜里 yè li xǐng le sān .

I'm exhausted. The baby woke up three times in the night.

Words with sān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
sān to join sān

sān Decomposition & Compounds

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