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  *三* | 三* | *三
three / 3
HSK 1
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  *鐘* | 鐘* | *鐘
a (large) bell (CL:) / clock (CL:) / amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点,,) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟 "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟 "five minutes" etc)
HSK 3
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  *念* | 念* | *念
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尺* | 尺* | *尺
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: ,
HSK 4
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  *倍* | 倍* | *倍
(two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply
HSK 4
three-dimensional / solid / stereoscopic
HSK 7-9
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc)
HSK 7-9
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold
HSK 7-9
three-dimensional / 3D
HSK 7-9
Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇 / emperor / emperor of Japan
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  *鼎* | 鼎* | *鼎
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
twenty; 20
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  *參* | 參* | *參
three (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
three-year college / junior college / professional training college
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *廿* | 廿* | *廿
twenty
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha , the Dharma (his teaching), and the Sangha (his monastic order)
to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽)
to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人, the three people involved) / (archaic) to recount the events
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *浣* | 浣* | *浣
to wash / to rinse / any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty) / Taiwan pr. [huan3] / also pr. [wan3]
dew point / (coll.) (of a woman) to expose one of the three areas (nipples and genitals)
Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator
BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围, waist 腰圍|腰围 and hip 臀圍|臀围
China's three northern regions, 東北|东北, 華北|华北 and 西北
Penglai, county-level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong / Penglai, one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals / by extension, fairyland
to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to expound one's theory
three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿 Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits , 祿|禄, and 壽|寿 associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿 Chinese constellation
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  *仨* | 仨* | *仨
three (colloquial equivalent of 三個|三个)
Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿 in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝, 65 scrolls
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
Ma Liang (Three Kingdoms)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鬲* | 鬲* | *鬲
ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济 and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽 around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935
courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
three-dimensional figure / hologram / stereogram
Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind
Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *錡* | 錡* | *錡
three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
abbr. for 三自愛國教會|三自爱国教会, Three-Self Patriotic Movement
twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *猣* | 猣* | *猣
dog giving birth to three puppies
the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵|苏洵 and his sons Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 and Su Zhe 蘇轍|苏辙)
Suzhou embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 湘繡|湘绣, 粵繡|粤绣 and 蜀繡|蜀绣)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟾* | 蟾* | *蟾
toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) the moon
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules
the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传)
Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡
the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省, Jilin Province 吉林省 and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss
three days ago
Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣, 粵繡|粤绣 and 蜀繡|蜀绣)
sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *角* | 角* | *角
role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale
Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛
Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣, 湘繡|湘绣 and 粵繡|粤绣)
three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蜀* | 蜀* | *蜀
short name for Sichuan 四川 province / one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *銖* | 銖* | *銖
twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元|会元 and palace 狀元|状元
two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing
Xiling Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the lower of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡
Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
two or three
Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 during the Three Kingdoms
the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴 in the Three Kingdoms period
the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人, Fuxi 伏羲 and Shennong 神農|神农, or 天皇, 地皇 and 人皇
lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *杓* | 杓* | *杓
(literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper
(music) triad; three-note chord
one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城
several / three or five
Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *魏* | 魏* | *魏
surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
the three Punic Wars (264-146 BC) between Rome and Carthage
hat trick (when one player scores three goals)
Human Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇
Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries
lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently

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