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Chinese symbol for “threesome”

三人行
sān rén xíng
(slang) threesome

The closest CC-CEDICT match for threesome is 三人行 (sān rén xíng), defined as: (slang) threesome.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

三 sān
three
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “threesome”

WordPinyinMeaning
双飞 (雙飛)shuāng fēiflying in pairs; close union as husband and wife

Related words

Other words that share a character with 三人行.

WordPinyinMeaning
三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion
三次sān cìthird; three times
三级 (三級)sān jígrade 3; third class
十三shí sānthirteen; 13
三分sān fēnsomewhat; to some degree
第三方dì sān fāngthird party
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “threesome”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.