瘪三
biē sān · (Wu dialect) bum; wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 瘪三
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
surname San; three; 3
再三zàisānover and over again; again and again
丢三落四diūsān-làsìforgetful; empty-headed
接二连三jiē’èr-liánsān(idiom) one after another; in quick succession
举一反三jǔyī-fǎnsānto raise one and infer three; to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
三番五次sānfān-wǔcìover and over again (idiom)