沙 (saa1 | sha1) : sand

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沙

saa1

sha1

[1] sand; grit; tiny gravel
[2] sth resembling sand; sth granular or powdery
[3] utensils made of sand or pottery clay
[4] [adj] (of voice) hoarse; husky

(Classifier(s): 粒)

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

沙

This word has been viewed 15233 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Aug 2009 14:18

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尖沙嘴 zim1 saa1 zeoi2 = Tsim Sha Tsui - a Hong Kong district; also 尖沙咀粵

沙石 saa1 sek6 sha1 shi2 = gravel; sandstone

沙展 saa1 zin2 = sergeant 粵

沙紙 saa1 zi2 sha1 zhi3 = certificate 粵

沙泥 saa1 nai4 = mud

沙岩 saa1 ngaam4 sha1 yan2 = sandstone

流沙 lau4 saa1 liu2 sha1 = quicksand

沙龍快相 saa1 lung4 faai3 soeng1*2 = speed camera

沙門魚 saa1 mun4 jyu4*2 sha1 men2 yu2 = salmon

流沙包 lau4 saa1 baau1 liu2 sha1 bao1 = a flowing egg custard bun
See all 170 compounds (CantoDict reports 174 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 沙

我走向沙灘國
I walked towards the beach.
[Could possibly be used in spoken Cantonese too, an editor will confirm soon. bernard: spoken cantonese would have a different sentence structure to express this.]

我走遍沙灘國
I walk all along the beach.

沙地唔食力﹐唔好走咁快。粵
Sandy road surface doesn't provide much friction. Don't run too fast.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 沙
Unicode code for this character: U+6c99 (off-site link)

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