三 (sān) means Three. Below are 24 of the 53 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我女儿今年 三 岁。
Wǒ nǚ'ér jīnnián sān suì.
My daughter is three years old this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 女儿
他会说 三 种语言。
Tā huì shuō sān zhǒng yǔyán.
He can speak three languages.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 说
哥哥比我大 三 岁。
Gēge bǐ wǒ dà sān suì.
My older brother is three years older than me.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 哥哥
现在是 三 点一刻。
Xiànzài shì sān diǎn yí kè.
It is now a quarter past three.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 刻
From the graded readers
她说：“ 三 百块。”
tā shuō:" sānbǎi kuài."
She said, "Three hundred yuan."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
下午 三 点，天气不好了。
xiàwǔ sān diǎn, tiānqì bùhǎo le / liǎo / liào.
At three in the afternoon the weather turned.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
我花了整整 三 天时间整理。
wǒ huāle zhěngzhěng sāntiān shíjiān zhěnglǐ.
It took me three full days to sort it out.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
价格也不贵，只要 三 百块。
jiàgé yěbù guì, zhǐyào sānbǎi kuài.
It wasn't expensive either — only three hundred yuan.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
三 天以后，快递就送到了。
sāntiān yǐhòu, kuài dì jiù sòngdào le / liǎo / liào.
Three days later the delivery arrived.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
我骑车去学校，要 三 十分钟。
wǒ qí chē qù xuéxiào, yāo sānshí fēnzhōng.
I cycle to school; it takes thirty minutes.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
From the travel phrasebook
大概 三 十五天到港。
Dàgài sānshíwǔ tiān dào gǎng.
About 35 days to port.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
请安排第 三 方验货。
Qǐng ānpái dì-sān-fāng yànhuò.
Please arrange a third-party inspection.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
可以先付百分之 三 十吗？
Kěyǐ xiān fù bǎi fēn zhī sānshí ma?
Could we pay 30% up front?
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
From the grammar library
我家有 三 只猫。
Wǒ jiā yǒu sān zhī māo.
We have three cats.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
我买了 三 本书。
Wǒ mǎi le sān běn shū.
I bought three books.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 了 — completed action and change of state
我们下午 三 点见。
Wǒmen xiàwǔ sān diǎn jiàn.
Let's meet at three this afternoon.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
三 appears in 53 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 三
How is 三 used in a sentence?
This page shows 53 sentences using 三 (sān, "Three"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 三 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 三 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 三 an HSK word?
Yes — 三 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 三?
The dictionary page for 三 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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