sān = s + an1
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How to pronounce 三

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= s initial

Socrates.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ an1 final

In front of the anthill.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

三 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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èr = Ø + Ø4
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
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Characters with 三 as component

yáng = y + ang2
sheep / goat / CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]
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duàn = du + an4
surname Duan
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duàn = du + an4
paragraph / section / segment / stage (of a process) / classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
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Words with 三

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lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom) / fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)

Sentences with 三

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sān

three / 3

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