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三角

sān jiǎo

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

三角 (sān jiǎo) means "triangle". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 三角 means

1. triangle
2. mathtrigonometry (abbr. for {三角学|sān jiǎo xué})

The characters in 三角

• 三sānthree; 3
• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn

Example sentences

• 求三角形的面积
  Please find the area of the triangle.
• 求三角形内切圆的半径。
  Find the radius of the incircle of the triangle.
• 三角函数满足各种代数恒等式。
  The trigonometric functions satisfy a wide array of notable algebraic identities.
• 三角形有三个角，而六边形有六个角
  Sānjiǎoxíng yǒu sān gè jiǎo, ér liùbiānxíng yǒu liù gè jiǎo
  A triangle has 3 corners, and a hexagon has 6 corners.
• 他上身长得呈倒三角形，站在那里看上去特帅！
  His upper body looks like it has the shape of an inverted triangle; standing there, he seems extremely handsome!
• 老师，黑板上的函数不是指数函数，是三角函数。
  Hey, sir, the function on the blackboard is not exponential, but trigonometric.

Words starting with 三角

• 三角形sān jiǎo xíngtriangle
• 三角洲sān jiǎo zhōudelta (geography)
• 三角裤sān jiǎo kùbriefs; panties
• 三角债sān jiǎo zhàitriangular debt
• 三角凳sān jiǎo dèngthree-legged stool
• 三角学sān jiǎo xuétrigonometry
• 三角巾sān jiǎo jīnsling (for a wounded arm)
• 三角带sān jiǎo dàiV-belt (a type of drive belt with a trapezoidal cross-section)
• 三角座Sān jiǎo zuòTriangulum (constellation)
• 三角旗sān jiǎo qítriangular flag; pennant
• 三角板sān jiǎo bǎnset square; triangle (for drawing right angles)
• 三角法sān jiǎo fǎtrigonometry (math.)
• 三角肌sān jiǎo jīdeltoid muscle (over the shoulder)
• 三角锥sān jiǎo zhuītriangular pyramid (math.)
• 三角铁sān jiǎo tiětriangle (musical instrument); angle iron
• 三角龙sān jiǎo lóngtriceratops
• 三角函数sān jiǎo hán shùtrigonometric function
• 三角恐龙sān jiǎo kǒng lóngtriceratops (dinosaur)
• 三角恋爱sān jiǎo liàn àilove triangle
• 三角柱体sān jiǎo zhù tǐtriangular prism (math.)
• 三角腹带sān jiǎo fù dàiathletic supporter
• 三角裤衩sān jiǎo kù chǎbriefs; panties
• 三角关系sān jiǎo guān xìtriangular relationship; (esp.) a love triangle
• 三角测量法sān jiǎo cè liáng fǎtriangulation (surveying)

Words containing 三角

• 珠三角Zhū Sān jiǎoPearl River Delta
• 长三角Cháng Sān jiǎoYangtze River Delta (abbr. for 长江三角洲
• 珠江三角洲Zhū jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōuPearl River Delta (PRD)
• 金三角Jīn sān jiǎoGolden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
• 南三角座Nán sān jiǎo zuòTriangulum Australe (constellation)
• 泛珠三角fàn zhū sān jiǎoPan-Pearl River delta; The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the…
• 抚远三角洲Fǔ yuǎn sān jiǎo zhōuBolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River…
• 泛珠江三角fàn zhū jiāng sān jiǎothe Pan-Pearl river delta…
• 百慕大三角Bǎi mù dà sān jiǎoBermuda Triangle
• 直角三角形zhí jiǎo sān jiǎo xíngright-angled triangle
• 等腰三角形děng yāo sān jiǎo xíngisosceles triangle
• 等边三角形děng biān sān jiǎo xíngequilateral triangle
• 长江三角洲Cháng Jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōuYangtze River Delta
• 不等边三角形bù děng biān sān jiǎo xíngscalene triangle
• 不规则三角形bù guī zé sān jiǎo xíngscalene triangle (math.)
• 帕斯卡三角形pà sī kǎ sān jiǎo xíngPascal's Triangle (math.)
• 湄公河三角洲Méi gōng hé Sān jiǎo zhōuMekong River Delta
• 长三角经济区Cháng Sān jiǎo Jīng jì QūYangtze River Delta Economic Zone…
• 长江三角洲经济区Cháng jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōu Jīng jì QūYangtze River Delta Economic Zone…

Where 三角 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chà–shǎn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sān jiǎo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.