Phrases:
- 癟三 biē sān
- a wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing
- 第三 dì sān
- third, No. 3
- 三百 sān bǎi
- three hundred
- 三倍 sān bèi
- triple
- 三不 sān bù
- "the three no's" (an example of an abbreviated slogan or catchphrase)
- 三重 sān chóng
- treble
- 三次 sān cì
- third, three times, (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
- 三角 sān jiǎo
- (n) a triangle
- 三明 Sān míng
- (N) Sanming (city in Fujian)
- 三年 sān nián
- three years
- 三十 sān shí
- thirty, 30
- 三天 sān tiān
- three days
- 三萬 sān wàn
- 30 thousand
- 三維 sān wéi
- three dimensional, 3D
- 三峽 sān xiá
- The Three Changjiang River Gorges, The Three Gorges
- 三星 sān xīng
- Samsung, South Korean electronics company
- 三亞 Sān yà
- (N) Sanya (city in Hainan)
- 三月 sān yuè
- March, third month
- 十三 shí sān
- thirteen, 13
- 再三 zài sān
- over and over again, again and again
- 周三 zhōu sān
- Wednesday