其三

qísān
phrase #58,643

Meanings

  1. 1 thirdly; the third (point or reason)
  2. 2 the third poem of a set

Examples

HSK 7-9
Qíyī shì shíjiān búgòu, qí'èr shì qián búgòu, qísān shì rénshǒu búgòu.
First, there isn't enough time; second, there isn't enough money; third, there aren't enough people.
HSK 7-9
Táo Yuānmíng 《 Nǐ wǎngē cí 》 qísān xiě de shì zìjǐ de zànglǐ.
The third of Tao Yuanming's "Imitation Funeral Songs" is about his own funeral.

Tips

usage
其 means 'of them', so 其三 is 'the third of them'. In formal lists it follows 其一 and 其二, where speech would say 第三. Written after the title of a poem from a set, it marks the third poem.

Stroke Order

其 qí
三 sān