Cantonese Dictionary

三十

saam1 sap6

Mandarin: san1 shi2

thirty, 30

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三十一

saam1 sap6 jat1

Mandarin: san1 shi2 yi1

thirty-one; 31

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三十一日

saam1 sap6 jat1 jat6

Mandarin: san1 shi2 yi1 ri4

thirty one days, thirty-first [date]

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三十一號

saam1 sap6 jat1 hou6

Mandarin: san1 shi5 yi1 hao2

Simplified: 三十一号

thirty-first [date]

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三十七

saam1 sap6 cat1

Mandarin: san1 shi2 qi1

thirty-seven; 37

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三十三

saam1 sap6 saam1

Mandarin: san1 shi2 san1

thirty-three

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三十九

saam1 sap6 gau2

Mandarin: san1 shi2 jiu3

thirty-nine; 39

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三十二

saam1 sap6 ji6

Mandarin: san1 shi2 er4

thirty-two; 32

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三十五

saam1 sap6 ng5

Mandarin: san1 shi2 wu3

thirty-five; 35

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三十八

saam1 sap6 baat3

Mandarin: san1 shi2 ba1

thirty-eight; 38

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三十六

saam1 sap6 luk6

Mandarin: san1 shi2 liu4

thirty-six; 36

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三十四

saam1 sap6 sei3

Mandarin: san1 shi2 si4

thirty-four; 34

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三十天

saam1 sap6 tin1

Mandarin: san1 shi2 tian1

thirty days

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三十年代

saam1 sap6 nin4 doi6

Mandarin: san1 shi2 nian2 dai4

in the 30's

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三十年來

saam1 sap6 nin4 loi4

Mandarin: san1 shi2 nian2 lai2

for the past thirty years

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三十日

saam1 sap6 jat6

Mandarin: san1 shi2 ri4

thirty days, thirtieth [date]

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三千

saam1 cin1

Mandarin: san1 qian1

three thousand

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三千萬

saam1 cin1 maan6

Mandarin: san1 qian1 wan4

thirty million; 30,000,000

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三原縣

saam1 jyun4 jyun6

Mandarin: san1 yuan2 xian4

Sanyuan county (county in Shaanxi)

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三叉戟

saam1 caa1 gik1

Mandarin: san1 cha1 ji3

trident

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三及第

saam1 kap6 dai6

Mandarin: san1 ji2 di4

a type of pork congee; a metaphor for something half-baked and messy, burnt at the bottom, uncooked on the top; a writing style with the combination of classical Chinese, formal written Chinese and Cantonese.

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三口兩脷

saam1 hau2 loeng5 lei6

Mandarin: san1 kou3 liang3 li4

Simplified: 三口两脷

three mouths two tongues, which means lack of credibility

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三口六面

saam1 hau2 luk6 min6

Mandarin: san1 kou3 liu4 mian4

be elaborate or clear about something

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三句不離本行

saam1 geoi3 bat1 lei4 bun2 hong4

Mandarin: san1 ju4 bu4 li2 ben3 hang2

Simplified: 三句不离本行

person who talks constantly about his profession or usage of jargons (idiom)

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三句話不離本行

saam1 geoi3 waa6 bat1 lei4 bun2 hong4

Mandarin: san1 ju4 hua4 bu4 li2 ben3 xing2

talk shop; talk shop all the time

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三台縣

saam1 toi4 jyun6

Mandarin: san1 tai2 xian4

Santai county (county in Sichuan)

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三合一

saam1 hap6 jat1

Mandarin: san1 he2 yi1

three-in-one; triple

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三合一疫苗

saam1 hap6 jat1 jik6 miu4

Mandarin: san1 he2 yi1 yi4 miao2

DTP vaccination

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三合一選舉

saam1 hap6 jat1 syun2 geoi2

three-in-one election

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三合土

saam1 hap6 tou2

Mandarin: san1 he2 tu3

concrete, cement, mortar

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