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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 三
[sān]
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数
数目,二加一的和。
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2.
数
泛指多数
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三令五申
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三思而行
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再三。
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数字"三"的大写是"叁"。
Examples
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一后面是三,三后面是五,以此类推,九后面应该是几?
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Three comes after one, five comes after three, and so on, what's after nine?
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二除六得三。
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2 goes into 6 three times.
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估计得走那么三、四个钟头才能到。
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I think it will take three or four hours to get there.
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二(三,四)拍子
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duple (triple, quadruple) time
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三的平方是九。
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The square of 3 is 9.
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她是拿定了主意“不干己事不张口,一问摇头三不知”。
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She's made up her mind not to open her mouth about matters that don't concern her, but to shake her head in answer to all questions.
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三尖瓣
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tricuspid valve
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他再三催询,事情还是没有进展。
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Despite his repeated urging and inquiries, there is still little progress in the matter.
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最近遭遇三连败,球队的士气大受挫损。
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Recently, with three defeats in succession, the morale of the team has fallen greatly.
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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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