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A triad (traditional Chinese: 三合會; simplified Chinese: 三合会; Jyutping: saam1 hap6 wui6; Cantonese Yale: sāam hahp wúi; pinyin: sān hé huì) is a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate based in Greater China with outposts in various countries having significant overseas Chinese populations.
Types of triads: I ⓘ, i ⓘ, i o ⓘ, I + ⓘ In music, a triad is a set of three notes (or "pitch classes") that can be stacked vertically in thirds. [1] Triads are the most common chords in Western music. When stacked in thirds, notes produce triads. The triad's members, from lowest-pitched tone to highest, are called: [1] the root
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The organized crime societies, often referred to as Taiwanese triads or gangs, are involved in racketeering, drug trafficking, assassination, and various other illegal activities. The three largest triads in Taiwan are Bamboo Union , Four Seas Gang , and Heavenly Way Gang.
A triad, in a religious context, refers to a grouping of three gods, usually by importance or similar roles. A triad of gods were usually not considered to be one in the same being, or different aspects of a single deity as in a Trinity or Triple deity .
[2] [4] The three elements together are known as a triad. [5] The technique is used not just in prose, but also in poetry , oral storytelling, films, and advertising . A tricolon is a more specific use of the rule of three where three words or phrases are equal in length and grammatical form.
Holiday names are usually pretty straightforward. New Year's, Thanksgiving and — perhaps least creatively, the 4th of July — all have origins that are fairly easy to figure out.
They are decentralised and highly flexible with no overarching leader that commands the Triad as a whole. [17] Traditional Triad Structure goes as follows: The leader of a triad is known as the 489 or the San Chu. The second in command is usually split into two different roles, called the Vanguard or the Incense master, with the role number of 438.