Example sentences
xiàn现zài在sān三diǎn点。
It's three o'clock.
wǒ我yǒu有sān三gè个gē哥gē哥。
I have three older brothers.
The story behind the character
三
Three lines. The number is the number of strokes, no explanation needed.
Related words
Related reading
Practise the numbers with audio →Every number from 1 to 100, each digit tap-to-hear, plus the tone changes that trip people up.