| 第三 | dì sān | |
| 三峡 | sān xiá | Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]; Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan |
| 三级 | sān jí | grade 3; third class |
| 三月 | sān yuè | March; third month (of the lunar year) |
| 三角洲 | sān jiǎo zhōu | delta (geography) |
| 再三 | zài sān | over and over again; again and again |
| 三军 | sān jūn | (in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left |
| 三角 | sān jiǎo | triangle |
| 三角形 | sān jiǎo xíng | triangle |
| 三代 | sān dài | three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) |
| 三通 | sān tōng | T-joint; T-piece |
| 第三名 | dì sān míng | |
