三五
sān wǔ
Pinyin

Definition

三五
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sān wǔ
  1. several
  2. three or five

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
五
wǔ
  1. 1 five
  2. 2 5
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那要看你和新郎新娘的关系。不过三五百一定要的。
nà yào kàn nǐ hé xīnláng xīnniáng de guānxi 。bùguò sānwǔ bǎi yīdìng yào de 。
That depends on your relationship to the groom and the bride. But at least three to five hundred.
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听说地铁站里有很多卖咖喱饭的小店，小得连座位都没有。人们挤在一起站着吃饭，三五分钟就搞定一餐，紧接着就赶去别的地方。整个城市都处在高速高压中运转。哎，这样的压力怎么受得了？
tīngshuō dìtiě zhàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō mài gāli fàn de xiǎodiàn ，xiǎo de lián zuòwèi dōu méiyǒu 。rénmen jǐ zài yīqǐ zhàn zhe chīfàn ，sānwǔ fēnzhōng jiù gǎo dìng yī cān ，jǐnjiē zhe jiù gǎnqù bié de dìfang 。zhěnggè chéngshì dōu chǔ zài gāosù gāoyā zhōng yùnzhuǎn 。ai ，zhèyàng de yālì zěnme shòudeliǎo ？
I've heard that there are a lot of curry-rice shops in the subway, so small that they don't even have seats. People stand crowded together to eat, and polish off a meal in under five minutes. Then they rush off to the next place. The entire city runs under high speed and pressure. Agh. How can anyone stand that kind of pressure?
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我们点三五个菜就够了。
wǒmen diǎnr sānwǔ gè cài jiù gòu le 。
If we order three to five dishes that should be enough.
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我要回去三五天。
wǒ yào huíqu sānwǔ tiān 。
I'm going to go back for three to five days.
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