Chinese Character Dictionary

三河县

Sān hé xiàn

Sanhe county in Beijing

三法司

sān fă sī

Three judicial chief ministries in imperial China

三洋

sān yáng

Sanyō, Japanese electronics company

三流

sān liú

third-rate

三浦梅园

Sān pŭ Méi yuán

MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原[Jià yuán]

三温暖

sān wēn nuăn

sauna (loanword) (Tw)

三湾

Sān wān

Sanwan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan

三湾乡

Sān wān xiāng

Sanwan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan

三焦

sān jiāo

triple foci, the three visceral cavities (TCM)

三班倒

sān bān dăo

three-shift system (work rostering)

三生有幸

sān shēng yŏu xìng

the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)

三用表

sān yòng biăo

instrument console (diving)

三田

Sān tián

Mita, Sanda, Mitsuda etc (Japanese surname or place name)

三略

Sān Lu:è

see 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huáng Shí gōng Sān Lu:è]

三番五次

sān fān wŭ cì

over and over again (idiom)

三叠纪

Sān dié jì

Triassic (geological period 20-20m years ago)

三皇

sān huáng

Three Sovereigns, between Gods and Emperors in third millennium BC

三皇五帝

sān huáng wŭ dì

three sovereigns 三皇[sān huáng] and five emperors 五帝[wŭ dì] of myth and legend

三皇炮捶

sān huáng pào chuí

Paochui - "Three Emperor Cannon Punch" (Chinese Martial Art)

三硝基甲苯

sān xiāo jī jiă bĕn

trinitrotoluene (TNT)

三碳糖

sān tàn táng

triose (CH20)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde 甘油醛[gān yóu quán]

三磷酸腺苷

sān lín suān xiàn gān

adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

三秒胶

sān miăo jiāo

superglue

三棱草

sān léng căo

sedge herb (Cyperus rotundus)

三棱镜

sān léng jìng

(triangular) prism

三穗

Sān suì

Sansui county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qián dōng nán zhōu], Guizhou

三穗县

Sān suì xiàn

Sansui county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qián dōng nán zhōu], Guizhou

三等分

sān dĕng fēn

trisection (math.)

三等分角

sān dĕng fēn jiăo

trisection (math.)

三级

sān jí

grade 3

三级士官

sān jí shì guān

staff sergeant

三级片

sān jí piàn

third category movie (containing sexual or violent content)

三级跳

sān jí tiào

triple jump (athletics)

三级跳远

sān jí tiào yuăn

triple jump (athletics)

三索锦蛇

sān suŏ jĭn shé

copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake

三维

sān wéi

three dimensional

三维空间

sān wéi kōng jiān

three-dimensional space

三纲五常

sān gāng wŭ cháng

three principles and five virtues (idiom)

三义

Sān yì

Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan

三义乡

Sān yì xiāng

Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan

三聚氰胺

sān jù qíng àn

melamine C3H6N6

三联书店

Sān lián Shū diàn

Joint Publishing, book store chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948

三联管

sān lián guăn

triplet

三胚层动物

sān pēi céng dòng wù

triploblastic animals (having three germ layers)

三脚两步

sān jiăo liăng bù

hurriedly

三脚架

sān jiăo jià

tripod

三脚猫

sān jiăo māo

jack of all trades

三膲

sān jiāo

variant of 三焦[sān jiāo], triple foci, the three visceral cavities (TCM)

三自

sān zì

abbr. for 三自愛國教會|三自爱国教会[sān zì ài guó jiào huì], Three-Self Patriotic Movement

三自爱国教会

sān zì ài guó jiào huì

Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949

三自教会

sān zì jiào huì

Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949

三色

sān sè

three colors

三色堇

sān sè jĭn

pansy

三色紫罗兰

sān sè zĭ luó lán

pansy

三色猫

sān sè māo

calico cat

三芝

Sān zhī

Sanzhi or Sanchih township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn bĕi shì], Taiwan

三芝乡

Sān zhī xiāng

Sanzhi or Sanchih township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn bĕi shì], Taiwan

三茶六饭

sān chá liù fàn

lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes

三菱

Sān líng

Mitsubishi

三叶星云

Sān yè xīng yún

Trifid Nebula M20