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HSK 1numeraltime word

三

sān

三 (sān) means “surname San”. It is an HSK 1 Chinese character in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Stroke order

Practice writing

Example

我有三个苹果。

Wǒ yǒu sān gè píngguǒ.

I have three apples.

Words containing 三

丢三落四diū sān là sìforgetful; empty-headed再三zài sānover and over again; again and again三明治sān míng zhìsandwich (loanword)

More HSK 1 vocabulary

HSK 1 →
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs八bāeight; 8爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)我wǒI; me; my杯子bēi zicup; glass是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)你好nǐ hǎohello北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Frequently asked questions

What does 三 mean?
三 (sān) means “surname San”. It is an HSK 1 word.
How is 三 pronounced?
三 is pronounced “sān” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 三?
三 belongs to HSK 1 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
How do you write 三?
Follow the stroke-order animation above; 三 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

Updated: 2026-05-27