三 sān▶ tiga

Stroke order

三 is written in 3 strokes.

• 三

Senses

1. three
2. 3

Example sentences

• 我们有三个人。Wǒmen yǒu sān ge rén.There are three of us.
• 他三岁了。Tā sān suì le.He is three years old.

Related words

• 零nol
• 一satu
• 二dua
• 四empat
• 五lima
• 六enam
• 七tujuh
• 八delapan
• 九sembilan
• 十sepuluh
• 百seratus
• 千seribu
• 万sepuluh ribu
• 亿Miliar
• 两dua
• 半setengah
• 几beberapa, berapa banyak
• 多少berapa banyak
• 数字nomor
• 号nomor/tanggal

三 is pronounced sān and means “tiga”. HSK 1 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 三 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.