Cantonese Dictionary

三角皮帶

saam1 gok3 pei4 daai2

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 pi2 dai4

Simplified: 三角皮带

V-type belt

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三角競逐

saam1 gok3 ging6 zuk6

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 jing4 zhu2

a three-cornered race

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三角翼

saam1 gok3 jik6

delta wing

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三角背心

saam3 gok3 bui3 sam1

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 bei4 xin1

halter; halter-neck; halter top; halter-neck top—a woman's clothing item (usu. upper garment) that meets behind the neck and the back leaving the shoulders, arms and the top part of the back uncovered

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三角腹帶

saam1 gok3 fuk1 daai3*2

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 fu4 dai4

athletic supporter

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三角褲

saam1 gok3 fu3

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 ku4

briefs (m/f); panties (f); bikini bottoms (f)

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三角鈴

saam1 gok3 ling4

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 ling2

[music] triangle

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三角鐵

saam1 gok3 tit3

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 tie3

Simplified: 三角铁

(Percussion instrument)The triangle

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三角龍

saam1 gok3 lung4

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 long2

[1] [n] triceratops [2] [Syn.] 三角恐龍

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三足鼎

saam1 zuk1 ding2

Mandarin: san1 zu2 ding3

tripod, three legs "ding" (an ancient Chinese vessel with three legs)

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三足鼎立

saam1 zuk1 ding2 laap6

Mandarin: san1 zu2 ding3 li4

A situation of tripartite confrontation

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三輪腳踏車

saam1 leon4 goek3 daap6 ce1

Mandarin: san1 lun2 jiao3 ta4 che1

a tricycle

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三輪車

saam1 leon4 ce1

Mandarin: san1 lun2 che1

trishaw; a tricycle

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三輪車伕

saam1 leon4 ce1 fu1

Mandarin: san1 lun2 che1 fu1

pedicab driver

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三辣

saam1 laat6

Mandarin: san1 la4

(mahjong) triple full house/maximum limit, a hand worth 10 points/faan (翻) or more | cf. 爆棚

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三迭紀

saam1 dit6 gei3

Mandarin: san1 die2 ji4

Triassic (geological period)

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三通

saam1 tung1

Mandarin: san1 tong1

the three direct links of trade, mail, and air and shipping services across the Taiwan Straits

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三週刊

saam1 zau1 hon1*2

Three Weekly

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三邊委員會

saam1 bin1 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2

Mandarin: san1 bian1 wei3 yuan2 hui4

Trilateral Commission

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三邑

saam1 jap1

Mandarin: san1 yi4

Sanyi: three regions Nanhai 南海, Panyu 番禺 and Shunde 順德

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三邑方言

saam1 jap1 fong1 jin4

Mandarin: san1 yi4 fang1 yan2

Sanyi division of Yue dialects (From three regions 南海, 番禺 and 順德)

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三都

saam1 dou1

Mandarin: san1 dou1

Sandou (county in Guizhou province)

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三都水族自治縣

saam1 dou1 seoi2 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

Mandarin: san1 dou1 shui3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4

Sandou Shuizu autonomous county (county in Guizhou)

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三重

saam1 cung4

Mandarin: san1 chong2

treble (tripled)

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三重元音

saam1 cung4 jyun4 jam1

Mandarin: san1 chong2 yuan2 yin1

triphthong

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三重彩

saam1 cung4 coi2

Mandarin: san1 chong2 cai3

Horse racing terms, precise predicting top three in a game(Regard of the ranking)

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三長兩短

saam1 coeng4 loeng5 dyun2

unexpected misfortune esp. death

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三門峽

saam1 mun4 haap6

Mandarin: san1 men2 xia2

Sanmenxia (city in Henan)

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三陪

saam1 pui4

Mandarin: san1pei2

an escort in a nightclub; the service to accompany customers to drink, to eat and to have sex; describes the phenomenon of escort services observed in the officialdom in mainland China [written and colloquial]

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三隻手

saam1 zek3 sau2

a pickpocket

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