Cantonese Dictionary

三步揦埋兩步

saam1 bou6 laa3 maai4 loeng5 bou6

Mandarin: san1 bu4 la2 mai2 liang3 bu4

Simplified: 三步揦埋两步

lit. to cover the distance of two steps with quick three steps, meaning to walk with long strides

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三歲定八十

saam1 seoi3 ding6 baat3 sap6

Mandarin: san1 sui4 ding4 ba1 shi2

Simplified: 三岁定八十

(phrase) how a child acts (at age 3) already determines how he | she will be when he | she is an adult.

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三毫

saam1 hou4

one of three strings on top of steelyard: 頭毫,二毫,三毫 serving as the fulcrum between weight and thing weighed

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三民區

saam1 man4 keoi1

Mandarin: san1 min2 qu1

Sanmin (area in Taiwan)

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三民鄉

saam1 man4 hoeng1

Mandarin: san1 min2 xiang1

Sanmin (village in Taiwan), Sam Mun Heung

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三氟化硼

saam1 fat1 faa3 pang4

Mandarin: san1 fu2 hua4 peng2

boron trifluoride

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三氯化磷

saam1 luk6 faa3 leon4

Mandarin: san1 lv4 hua4 lin2

phosphorous trichloride

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三氯氧磷

saam1 luk6 joeng5 leon4

Mandarin: san1 lv4 yang3 lin2

phosphorous oxychloride

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三水

saam1 seoi2

Mandarin: san1 shui3

Sanshui (on Guangxi province)

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三水縣

saam1 seoi2 jyun6

Mandarin: san1 shui3 xian4

Sanshui county (county in Guangdong)

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三江

saam1 gong1

Mandarin: san1 jiang1

Heilongjiang,Ussuri River and the Songhua River

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三江侗族自治縣

saam1 gong1 dung6 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

Mandarin: san1 jiang1 dong4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4

Sanjiang Dongzu autonomous county (county in Guangxi)

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三河

saam1 ho4

Mandarin: san1 he2

Sanhe (in Hebei province)

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三河縣

saam1 ho4 jyun6

Mandarin: san1 he2 xian4

Sanhe county (county in Beijing)

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三洋

saam1 joeng4

Sanyo

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三灣鄉

saam1 waan1 hoeng1

Mandarin: san1 wan1 xiang1

Sanwan (village in Taiwan)

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三災

saam1 zoi1

Mandarin: san1 zai1

the three calamities: wind, fire, and water

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三無企業

saam1 mou4 kei5 jip6

Mandarin: san1 wu2 qi3 ye4

the three "no" enterprises (no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure)

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三焦

saam1 ziu1

Mandarin: san1 jiao1

[TCM] the three visceral cavities housing the internal organs

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三猩

saam1 sing1

Cantonese

gangster, rascal, hooligan {Malaysia and Singapore usage} e.g. 三猩仔

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三甲

saam1 gaap3

Cantonese

finishing a competition in the first three places

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三番四次

saam1 faan1 sei3 ci3

Mandarin: san1 fan1 si4 ci4

(to do sth.) over and over again

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三百

saam1 baak3

Mandarin: san1 bai3

three hundred

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三相

saam1 soeng3

Mandarin: san1 xiang4

Triphase

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三硝基甲苯

saam1 siu1 gei1 gaap3 bun2

Mandarin: san1 xiao1 ji1 jia3 ben3

trinitrotoluene (TNT); 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene

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三稜鏡

saam1 ling4 geng3

Mandarin: san1 leng2 jing4

variant form of 三棱鏡

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三穗縣

saam1 seoi6 jyun6

Mandarin: san1 sui4 xian4

Sansui county (county in Guizhou)

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三等分

saam1 dang2 fan1

Mandarin: san1 deng3 fen1

(geom.) trisection

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三等分角

saam1 dang2 fan1 gok3

Mandarin: san1 deng3 fen1 jiao3

(geom.) trisecting an angle

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三節棍

saam1 zit3 gwan3

Mandarin: san1 jie2 gun4

three-section staff, known as sanjiegun in Chinese and sansetsukon, in Japanese

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