(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 (ばい) (times).
売上(うりあげ)三倍(さんばい)になった。
Sales tripled.
He eats three times as much as I do.
Rent in the city center can be more than triple that of the suburbs.

Compound of (さん) (three) + (ばい) (times). Note the rendaku: ばい → ばい (actually no rendaku here; ばい remains). 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三倍(さんばい): three times A — used with to mark the reference point
  • 三倍(さんばい)なる: to become triple, to triple (intransitive)
  • 三倍(さんばい)する: to triple something (transitive)

Common collocations