Collective term for three high-ranking government official posts in ancient China: Junior Tutor 少师 shào​shī, Junior Assistant 少傅 shào​fù, and Junior Guardian 少保 shào​bǎo; they ranked just below the 三公 sān​gōng.

(Mainland China) Collective term for the three categories of vulnerable people: orphans, the elderly without family, and the disabled without family.