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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- three
[θriː]
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1.
num
三
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2.
num
see also five
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- three
[θrɪ]
[θrɪː]
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1.
adjective
三的
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He waited three months before going back home.
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他等了三个月后才回家。
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2.
noun
三
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The three of them stayed with their mother.
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他们中的三个留下来陪伴母亲。
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3.
noun
三个（人或物）一组
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Let's play the best of three.
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让我们三局两胜吧。
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4.
noun
具有数字三的东西（如纸牌、骰子等）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- three
[θriː]
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n
three o'clock three hours after noon or midnight
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2.
n
the cardinal number that is the sum of two and one and is a prime number - See also number
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3.
n
a numeral, 3, III, (iii), representing this number
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4.
n
the amount or quantity that is one greater than two
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5.
n
something representing, represented by, or consisting of three units such as a playing card with three symbols on it
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6.
determiner
amounting to three
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three ships
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7.
determiner
(as pronoun)
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three were killed
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8.
determiner
[Etymology]
Old English threo; related to Old Norse thrir, Old High German dri, Latin tres, Greek treis
Examples
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Three and three makes six…this is mathematics.
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3加3等于6……这是道数学题。
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of three
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[US] 现在是三点差一刻
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after three
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[US] 现在是三点一刻
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Each squadron was divided into three troops, each with three sections.
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每个骑兵中队分为三个小队，每个小队又分为三个分部。
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an ascent of three degrees
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坡度为3度
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a three-corner hat
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三角帽
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nciku Note
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Financial Characters
大写
dà xiě
Capitalization of Chinese numerals began in the Ming Dynasty to prevent forgeries on official documents. Today they are used in the banking and financial fields. They also appear on today’s RMB.
| Zero | 〇 | 零 | líng | | One | 一 | 壹 | yī | | Two | 二 | 贰 | èr | | Three | 三 | 叁 | sān | | Four | 四 | 肆 | sì | | Five | 五 | 伍 | wǔ | | Six | 六 | 陆 | liù | | Seven | 七 | 柒 | qī | | Eight | 八 | 捌 | bā | | Nine | 九 | 玖 | jiǔ | | Ten | 十 | 拾 | shí | | Hundred | 百 | 佰 | bǎi | | Thousand | 千 | 仟 | qiān |
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