See triad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "黑社會"
},
{
"alt": "hak¹ se⁵ wui⁶⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "黑社会"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "三合會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sānhéhuì",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "三合会"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "黑社會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hēishèhuì",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "黑社会"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "triadi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "underground society",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "triade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "underground society",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Triade"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "underground society",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "triade"
},
{
"alt": "さんごうかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sangōkai",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "三合会"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "samhaphoe",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "삼합회"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "triad",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "триад"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "triáda",
"sense": "underground society",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "триа́да"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "underground society",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "triad"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "Hội Tam Hoàng"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "underground society",
"word": "xã hội đen"
}
],
"word": "triad"
}
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