三角
sān jiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

三角
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sān jiǎo
  1. triangle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
三岔口
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]
三峡
Sān xiá
  1. 1 Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qú táng Xiá], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wū Xiá] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xī líng Xiá]
  2. 2 Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan
三文鱼
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
三明治
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
三星
Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
三月
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
三角
sān jiǎo
  1. 1 triangle
三角洲
sān jiǎo zhōu
  1. 1 delta (geography)
三里屯
Sān lǐ tún
  1. 1 Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
主角
zhǔ jué
  1. 1 leading role
  2. 2 lead
初三
chū sān
  1. 1 third year in junior middle school
十三
shí sān
  1. 1 thirteen
  2. 2 13
大三
dà sān
  1. 1 third-year university student
大年三十
dà nián sān shí
  1. 1 last day of the lunar year
  2. 2 Chinese New Year's Eve

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation
三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (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.)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)

Sample Sentences

金三角
jīnsānjiǎo
Golden Triangle.
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粤港澳大湾区面积达五点六万平方公里，覆盖人口达六千七百九十五万。香港、澳门和珠三角九市二零一七年经济总量达到十万亿人民币，是中国综合实力最强开放程度最高、经济最具活力的地区之一。
Yuègǎngàodàwānqū miànjī dá wǔ diǎn liù wàn píngfānggōnglǐ ，fùgài rénkǒu dá liù qiān qī bǎi jiǔ shí wǔ wàn 。Xiānggǎng 、àomén hé zhūsānjiǎo jiǔ shì èrlíngyīqī nián jīngjì zǒngliàng dádào shíwàn yì rénmínbì ，shì zhōngguó zōnghé shílì zuìqiáng kāifàng chéngdù zuìgāo 、jīngjì zuì jù huólì de dìqū zhīyī 。
The GBA covers an area of 560,000 square kilometers and a total population of nearly 68 million. In 2017 their combined economic output was 10 trillion yuan. It is one of the regions with the strongest comprehensive strength, the highest degree of openness and the most dynamic economy in China.
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唉！复杂的三角恋啊，看来是情杀的可能性很大。这行做久了就知道，人心呐，真的是非常可怕。
ài ！fùzá de sānjiǎoliàn ā ，kànlai shì qíngshā de kěnéngxìng hěndà 。zhè háng zuò jiǔ le jiù zhīdào ，rénxīn na ，zhēnde shì fēicháng kěpà 。
Ah! A complex love triangle. It looks quite likely that this was a crime of passion. When you've been in the job as long as I have, you learn that the human heart is really quite terrifying.
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圆形，三角形，正方形，长方形，梯形，五角星，一共是六种。
yuánxíng ，sānjiǎoxíng ，zhèngfāngxíng ，chángfāngxíng ，tīxíng ，wǔjiǎoxīng ，yīgòng shì liù zhǒng 。
A circle, a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a trapezoid and a star. Six shapes altogether.
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那这道算三角形面积的怎么做？
nà zhè dào suàn sānjiǎoxíng miànjī de zěnme zuò ？
OK, how do you calculate the surface area of a triangle?
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是三角形的。
shì sānjiǎoxíng de 。
It's triangular.
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我来摆三角架，你来开球吧。
wǒ lái bǎi sānjiǎojià ，nǐ lái kāiqiú ba 。
I'll rack, you break.
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呼气，抬高臀部，使身体看起来像一个三角形。
hūqì ，táigāo túnbù ，shǐ shēntǐ kàn qǐlái xiàng yī ge sānjiǎoxíng 。
Breathe out, raise your rear and make your body resemble a triangle.
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