shā

sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated

HSK 4 #848

DEFINITIONS

沙 shā
  • surname Sha
  • granule
  • hoarse
  • raspy
  • sand
  • powder
  • CL:粒[li4]
  • abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia

STROKES

WORDS

石 shā shí sand and stones
虫 shā chóng sandworm
拉夫 mù shā lā fū Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008
西 xī shā see 西沙群島|西沙群岛[Xi1 sha1 Qun2 dao3]
金夏 jīn xià shā Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tw)
萨 jīn shā sà Kinshasa, capital of Zaire
俄 shā é Tsarist Russia; abbr. for 沙皇俄國|沙皇俄国[Sha1 huang2 E2 guo2]
县 shā xiàn Sha county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian
jīn shā Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[Bi4 jie2 di4 qu1], Guizhou; Chinsha town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[Jin1 men2 xian4] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
量 hán shā liàng sand content; quantity of sediment (carried by a river)
戈壁漠 gē bì shā mò Gobi Desert
市 shā shì Shashi district of Jingzhou city 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 shi4], Hubei
朗 shā lǎng sirloin (loanword)
漠化 shā mò huà desertification
丽 shā lì sari (loanword)
成塔 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity; many a mickle makes a muckle
一盤散 yī pán sǎn shā lit. like a sheet of loose sand; fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
群岛 zhōng shā qún dǎo Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island
群島 zhōng shā qún dǎo Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island
中华秋鸭 zhōng huá qiū shā yā (bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)
中華秋鴨 zhōng huá qiū shā yā (bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)
dān shā cinnabar (used in TCM)
伤寒门氏菌 shāng hán shā mén shì jūn salmonella typhimurium
傷寒門氏菌 shāng hán shā mén shì jūn salmonella typhimurium
奇病毒 kè shā qí bìng dú Coxsackievirus