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saa1
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[1] [n] sand; tiny gravel; tiny pebbles [2] the land around water; beach; sandbank; desert [3] [v] pick; select; sort; sift [4] overripe (fruit, especially melons) [5] hoars (human voice) [6] sandy; granular [7] a kind of clay for making utensils, vessels, etc. [8] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 7
Level: 1
Radical: 水 (#85)
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沙石
saa1 sek6 = gravel; sandstone
沙田
saa1 tin4 = farmland / Shatin
沙展
saa1 zin2 = a sergeant (as phonetic loanword)粵
沙甸魚
saa1 din6*1 jyu4*2 = sardine粵
沙律
saa1 leot6*2 = salad
美沙酮
mei5 saa1 tung4 = methadone
沙灘
saa1 taan1 = beach
沙灘巾
saa1 taan1 gan1 = beach towel
沙河粉
saa1 ho4 fan2 = sha hor fun - broad rice noodles
沙拉
saa1 laai1 = salad國See all 135 compounds |
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Showing all 3 examples containing 沙
我走向沙灘 國 ?!
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I am going towards the beach. [Could possibly be used in spoken Cantonese too, an editor will confirm soon.]
我走遍沙灘 國
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I walk all along the beach.
沙地唔食力﹐唔好走咁快。 粵
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Sandy road surface doesn't provide much friction. Don't run too fast. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 沙
Unicode code for this character: U+6c99 (off-site link)
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