三倍(さんばい)

さんばい
noun
triple; three times (the amount)
quantitynumber
1. triple; three times the amount
Three times some quantity, value, or size. Formed with the counter 倍(ばい) (times).
売上(うりあげ)が三倍(さんばい)になった。
Sales tripled.
彼(かれ)は私(わたし)の三倍(さんばい)も食(た)べる。
He eats three times as much as I do.
都心(としん)の家賃(やちん)は、郊外(こうがい)の三倍(さんばい)以上(いじょう)することもある。
Rent in the city center can be more than triple that of the suburbs.

Compound of 三(さん) (three) + 倍(ばい) (times). No rendaku here: the reading ばい stays ばい in this compound. Other quantities: 二倍(にばい) (double), 四倍(よんばい) (quadruple), 十倍(じゅうばい) (tenfold).

Common patterns

  • Aの三倍(さんばい): three times A — used with の to mark the reference point
  • 三倍(さんばい)になる: to become triple, to triple (intransitive)
  • 三倍(さんばい)にする: to triple something (transitive)

Common collocations

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Added 2026.5.31 12:09 · Revised 2026.9.16 19:05
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