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[1] three; third; thrice [2] several; many; few 1. Jyutping saam3 is used only in literary (e.g. 三思) or other rare compounds.
Default PoS: Additional PoS: 2. 叁 is the variant and formal form used on checks, in accounting and banking. Stroke count: 3
Level: 1
Radical: 一 (#1)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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大三 daai6 saam1 = third-year university student 唔理三七廿一 m4 lei5 saam1 cat1 je6 jat1 = reject an objection to a course of action, “I don’t care”; regardless, irrespective 粵 三邑 saam1 jap1 = Sanyi: three regions Nanhai 南海, Panyu 番禺 and Shunde 順德 足三両 zuk1 saam1 loeng2 = Mcdonald's Quarter Pounder burger 粵 三點半 saam1 dim2 bun3 = 3:30; half past three 星期三 sing1 kei4 saam1 = Wednesday 三月 saam1 jyut6 = March 三個月 saam1 go3 jyut6 = trimester, three months 第三 dai6 saam1 = third 再三 zoi3 saam1 = again and again See all 379 compounds (CantoDict reports 420 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 23 examples containing 三
一粒荔枝三把火。 粵
A lychee carries 'three fire'. [This references the Chinese concept of 'internal body heat' - '熱氣'. Lychees are said to be a very '熱氣' kind of fruit and this may be said with the term 'three fire'.]
張枱上面得翻三隻杯。 粵
Only three cups are left on the table. [In this sentence, the aspect marker 翻 merely connotes that there have been more than three cups on the table.]
佢噉嘅三板斧仲敢喺一哥面前自吹自擂? 粵
He is not capable but yet has the audacity to blow his trumpet before the master?
間餐廳嘅例湯賣來賣去都係嗰三幅被,重來冇新鮮啲嘅畀你試。 粵
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.
我在法國渡過了三個寒暑 國
I spent three winters and summers in France. ["three winters and summers" symbolizes three years.]
我隻腳有三粒蚊𧕴,好有可能係因為我前日去公園。 粵
There are three bites on my leg... it's probably because I was in the park the day before yesterday. [Lit. I [counter] leg have three mosquito-bites, very probable is because I day-before-yesterday go park]
聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人 粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently. [Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]
等到你返嚟嗰陣﹐佢已經走咗三日喇。 粵
By the time you return, he will have already been gone for three days. [咗 (have been) is a perfective marker in a future tense sentence here.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |