三分

sānfēn
  1. somewhat
  2. to some degree

CEDICT

  1. (basketball) three-point shot (Classifier: 記／记)
  2. somewhat; a little; to some extent
  3. three tenths (³⁄₁₀)
  4. three-point shot (Classifier: 記／记)
  5. to be divided into three parts

Wiktionary

  1. 十分之三，表示一部分的意思。
  2. 分裂为三。

重編國語辭典

Examples

限你三分钟内投降

You have three minutes to surrender.

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我只会等三分钟。

I'll only wait for three minutes.

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这个钟每天慢三分钟。

This clock loses three minutes a day.

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这些火车每三分钟发车。

Those trains run every three minutes.

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Entry Composition

1 三 sān
  1. three
  2. 3
2 分 fēn
  1. to divide; to separate
  2. to distribute; to allocate
  3. to distinguish (good and bad)
  4. (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局 fēnjú)
  5. fraction
  6. one tenth (of certain units)
  7. unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm
  8. minute (unit of time)
  9. minute (angular measurement unit)
  10. a point (in sports or games)
  11. 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

Containing this entry

一亩三分地 yīmǔsānfēndì
  1. a piece of land of 1.3 mu 亩 mǔ
  2. (fig.) one's turf
三分之一 sānfēnzhīyī one third
三分熟 sānfēnshú medium rare (of steak)
三分球 sānfēnqiú (basketball) three-point shot
三分钟热度 sānfēnzhōngrèdù
  1. brief period of enthusiasm
  2. flash in the pan
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Related entries

多少有些 duōshǎoyǒuxiē
  1. somewhat
  2. more or less
几分 jǐfēn
  1. somewhat
  2. a bit
幾分鐘後見。

See you in a couple of minutes.

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有一些 yǒuyīxiē
  1. somewhat
  2. rather
  3. some
我有一些錢。

I have a little money.

I have some money.

Source: Tatoeba

有所 yǒusuǒ
  1. somewhat
  2. to some extent
這兒往前有所商店。

There used to be a shop here.

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稍 shāo
  1. somewhat
  2. a little
麻煩您稍待一下。

Will you wait a moment?

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