沙
Meanings
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- 1.surname Sha
- 1.granule
- 2.hoarse
- 3.raspy
- 4.sand
- 5.powder
- 6.CL:粒[lì]
- 7.abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
- 1.(dialect) to sift; to sieve
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Wiktionary
- 1.sand (Classifier: 粒 c mn)
- 2.shoal
- 3.something granular
- 4.mushy and rough (as sand), texture of a watermelon of good quality.
- 5.hoarse; husky
- 6.the number 10⁻⁸
- 7.a surname
- 8.to shake in order to gather impurities to be removed
- 9.to twirl; to whirl
- 10.to fondle; to caress
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 水 (“water”) + 少 (“to lack; to be short of”). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s(r)aj (“earth, sand”). Compare Tibetan ས (sa, “sand”) and Burmese သဲ (sai:, “sand”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
它在沙發上。
It's on the sofa.
我有一個沙發。
I have a couch.
我在沙發上睡的。
I slept on the sofa.
我在沙發上睡的。
I slept on the couch.
波蘭的首都是華沙。
The capital of Poland is Warsaw.
我的眼睛進了些沙。
I got some sand in my eye.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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