| 第 |
dì sān shēng | third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone |
| 第 |
dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just |
| 三 |
Sān | surname San |
| 三 |
sān | three / 3 |
| 声 |
shēng | sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds |