三日 (saam1 jat6 | san1 ri4) : 3rd day of the month

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三日

saam1 jat6

san1 ri4

3rd day of the month

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

三日

This word has been viewed 2779 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 2nd Mar 2007 19:50 and last edited on 27th Jul 2009 17:09

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Characters in this word:

三 saam1 saam3 - three; several
日 jat6 - sun; day

4 compounds containing this word:

三日兩頭 - almost everyday; "everyday", normal
繞梁三日 - sonorous and resounding
Common Formations:
十三日 - thirteenth day of a month; thirteen days
二十三日 - 23rd day of the month

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聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢咋粵
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

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.]

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