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Definitions

  1. 1. granule
  2. 2. hoarse
  3. 3. raspy
  4. 4. sand
  5. 5. powder
  6. 6. CL:粒[lì]

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Words Containing 沙

穆沙拉夫
mù shā lā fū

Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008

聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ

sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity

美沙酮
měi shā tóng

methadone

沙湾区
shā wān qū

Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan

沙丽
shā lì

sari (loanword)

沙河
shā hé

Shahe, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei

沙依巴克区
shā yī bā kè qū

Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[wū lǔ mù qí shì], Xinjiang

华沙
huá shā

Warsaw, capital of Poland

沙石
shā shí

sand and stones

输沙量
shū shā liàng

quantity of sand (transported by a river)

豆沙
dòu shā

sweetened bean paste

川沙
chuān shā

Chuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[pǔ dōng xīn qū], Shanghai

叻沙
lè shā

laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia

沙井口
shā jǐng kǒu

manhole

淡色崖沙燕
dàn sè yá shā yàn

(bird species of China) pale martin (Riparia diluta)

加沙地带
jiā shā dì dài

Gaza Strip

沙文主义
shā wén zhǔ yì

chauvinism

毛腿沙鸡
máo tuǐ shā jī

(bird species of China) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)

白沙瓦
bái shā wǎ

Peshawar, city in north Pakistan

沙拉甩干器
shā lā shuǎi gān qì

salad spinner

鄂尔多斯沙漠
è ěr duō sī shā mò

Ordos Desert, Inner Mongolia

大沙锥
dà shā zhuī

(bird species of China) Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)

沙丁胺醇
shā dīng àn chún

also known as albuterol, proventil and ventolin

含沙量
hán shā liàng

sand content

沙色朱雀
shā sè zhū què

(bird species of China) pale rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus)

细沙
xì shā

fine sand

沙坝
shā bà

a sandbank

沙地
shā dì

sandy beach or river bank

沙洋县
shā yáng xiàn

Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei

沙市
shā shì

Shashi district of Jingzhou city 荊州市|荆州市[jīng zhōu shì], Hubei

泥沙
ní shā

silt

流沙
liú shā

quicksand

沙爹
shā diē

satay (sauce)

大沙河
dà shā hé

Dasha River (the name of rivers in various parts of China)

沙地话
shā dì huà

see 啟海話|启海话[qǐ hǎi huà]

阿布沙耶夫
ā bù shā yē fū

Abu Sayyaf, militant Islamist separatist group also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya

沙田
shā tián

Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong

沙依巴克
shā yī bā kè

Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[wū lǔ mù qí shì], Xinjiang

沙河市
shā hé shì

Shahe, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei

蚕沙
cán shā

silkworm guano (excrement)

沙坡头区
shā pō tóu qū

Shapo district of Zhongwei city 中衛市|中卫市[zhōng wèi shì], Ningxia

沙场
shā chǎng

sandpit

含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng

(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations

白沙
bái shā

Baisha (common place name)

中沙群岛
zhōng shā qún dǎo

Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island

战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng

to die in battle (idiom)

约沙法
yuē shā fǎ

Jehoshaphat, fourth king of Judah (Judaism)

沙沙
shā shā

rustle

契沙比克湾
qì shā bǐ kè wān

Chesapeake Bay

爱沙尼亚
ài shā ní yà

Estonia

沙皇
shā huáng

czar (loanword)

懒人沙发
lǎn rén shā fā

beanbag

南沙
nán shā

Nansha Islands, aka Spratly Islands

防风固沙
fáng fēng gù shā

sand break (in desert environment)

西沙
xī shā

see 西沙群島|西沙群岛[xī shā qún dǎo]

一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā

lit. like a sheet of loose sand

抟沙
tuán shā

lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose

沙砾
shā lì

grains of sand

铁嘴沙鸻
tiě zuǐ shā héng

(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

褐喉沙燕
hè hóu shā yàn

(bird species of China) grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis)

沙碛
shā qì

(literary) desert

沙漠
shā mò

desert

阿法尔沙漠
ā fǎ ěr shā mò

Afar Desert, Southern Ethiopia

硅沙
guī shā

silicon sand

塔克拉玛干沙漠
tǎ kè lā mǎ gān shā mò

Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang

沙漏
shā lòu

hourglass

白沙县
bái shā xiàn

Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan

长沙湾
cháng shā wān

Cheung Sha Wan (poultry market in Hong Kong)

长沙
cháng shā

Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China

沙茶
shā chá

satay (spicy peanut sauce), also spelled sate

沙利度胺
shā lì dù àn

thalidomide

林沙锥
lín shā zhuī

(bird species of China) wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)

沙加缅度
shā jiā miǎn duó

Sacramento

单人沙发
dān rén shā fā

(upholstered) armchair

沙悟净
shā wù jìng

Sha Wujing

恒河沙数
héng hé shā shù

countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)

克沙奇病毒
kè shā qí bìng dú

Coxsackievirus

沙棘属
shā jí shǔ

genus Hippophae

沙和尚
shā hé shang

Sha Wujing

沙头角
shā tóu jiǎo

Sha Tau Kok (town in Hong Kong)

针尾沙锥
zhēn wěi shā zhuī

(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)

沙池
shā chí

sandpit (for children's play or for long jump etc)

普通秋沙鸭
pǔ tōng qiū shā yā

(bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser)

沙粒
shā lì

grain of sand

莫哈韦沙漠
mò hā wéi shā mò

Mojave Desert, southwestern USA

沙瓦玛
shā wǎ mǎ

shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)

格涅沙
gé niè shā

Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)

澳南沙锥
ào nán shā zhuī

(bird species of China) Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)

沙朗
shā lǎng

sirloin (loanword)

白沙黎族自治县
bái shā lí zú zì zhì xiàn

Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan

沙捞越
shā lāo yuè

Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲

伤寒沙门氏菌
shāng hán shā mén shì jūn

salmonella typhimurium

英吉沙
yīng jí shā

Yéngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

沙司
shā sī

sauce (loanword)

那空沙旺
nà kōng shā wàng

Paknampho city, Thailand

扇尾沙锥
shān wěi shā zhuī

(bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

加沙
jiā shā

Gaza (territory adjacent to Israel and Egypt)

沙暴
shā bào

sandstorm

西沙群岛
xī shā qún dǎo

Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea

沙袋鼠
shā dài shǔ

swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)

沙蝗
shā huáng

desert locust

撒哈拉沙漠
sā hā lā shā mò

Sahara Desert

泥沙俱下
ní shā jù xià

mud and sand flow together (idiom)

沙洋
shā yáng

Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei

沙尘暴
shā chén bào

sand and dust storm

沙丁鱼
shā dīng yú

sardine (loanword)

沙子
shā zi

sand

蒙古沙雀
méng gǔ shā què

(bird species of China) Mongolian finch (Bucanetes mongolicus)

沙法维王朝
shā fǎ wéi wáng cháo

Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722

南沙区
nán shā qū

Nansha District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong

沙井
shā jǐng

manhole

沙琪玛
shā qí mǎ

sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut into blocks

眼里容不得沙子
yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi

can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom)

沙林
shā lín

sarin (loanword)

金沙县
jīn shā xiàn

Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou

英吉沙县
yīng jí shā xiàn

Yéngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang

猫沙
māo shā

cat litter

长沙县
cháng shā xiàn

Changsha county in Changsha 長沙|长沙[cháng shā], Hunan

沙白喉林莺
shā bái hóu lín yīng

(bird species of China) desert whitethroat (Sylvia minula)

沙盒
shā hé

(computing) sandbox

沙巴
shā bā

Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲

曼珠沙华
màn zhū shā huā

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)

美他沙酮
měi tā shā tóng

metaxalone

沙眼
shā yǎn

trachoma

沙爹酱
shā diē jiàng

satay sauce

沙参
shā shēn

ladybell root (Radix adenophorae)

沙家浜
shā jiā bāng

\Sha Family's Creek\, a Beijing opera classified as model theater 樣板戲|样板戏[yàng bǎn xì]

岩沙海葵毒素
yán shā hǎi kuí dú sù

palytoxin

沙坑杆
shā kēng gān

sand wedge (golf)

豆沙包
dòu shā bāo

bean paste bun

沙弥
shā mí

novice Buddhist monk

沙坪坝
shā píng bà

Shapingba district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

沙蚕
shā cán

genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm

沙士
shā shì

sarsaparilla

沙拉
shā lā

salad (loanword)

沙鹿
shā lù

Shalu Town in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan

沙袋
shā dài

sandbag

沙土
shā tǔ

sandy soil

沙滩鞋
shā tān xié

beach shoes

沙律
shā lǜ

salad (loanword)

白沙工农区
bái shā gōng nóng qū

Baisha Gongnong area in Dazhou 達州|达州[dá zhōu], Sichuan northeast Sichuan, amalgamated into Wanyuan, county-level city 萬源|万源[wàn yuán] in 1993

沙虫
shā chóng

sandworm

沙滩排球
shā tān pái qiú

beach volleyball

笛沙格
dí shā gé

Girard Desargues (1591-1661), French geometer

崖沙燕
yá shā yàn

(bird species of China) sand martin (Riparia riparia)

沙果
shā guǒ

Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)

金沙萨
jīn shā sà

Kinshasa, capital of Zaire

沙里亚
shā lǐ yà

sharia (Islamic law) (loanword)

沙哑
shā yǎ

hoarse

沙县
shā xiàn

Sha county in Sanming 三明[sān míng], Fujian

摩加迪沙
mó jiā dí shā

Mogadishu, Indian ocean seaport and capital of Somalia

赤翅沙雀
chì chì shā què

(bird species of China) Eurasian crimson-winged finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus)

沙特阿拉伯人
shā tè ā lā bó rén

a Saudi

散沙
sǎn shā

scattered sand

尖沙咀
jiān shā zuǐ

Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong

流动性大沙漠
liú dòng xìng dà shā mò

shifting sand dunes

蒙古沙鸻
měng gǔ shā héng

(bird species of China) lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus)

沙畹
shā wǎn

Chavannes (name)

沙僧
shā sēng

Sha Wujing

巨嘴沙雀
jù zuǐ shā què

(bird species of China) desert finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)

沙丘
shā qiū

sand dune

沙滩
shā tān

beach

沙威玛
shā wēi mǎ

shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)

长沙市
cháng shā shì

Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China

沙丘鹤
shā qiū hè

(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)

廖沫沙
liào mò shā

Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution

眼里揉不得沙子
yǎn lǐ róu bu dé shā zi

see 眼裡容不得沙子|眼里容不得沙子[yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi]

沙祖康
shā zǔ kāng

Sha Zukang (1947-), Chinese diplomat

风沙
fēng shā

sand blown by wind

沙洲
shā zhōu

sandbank

沙漠之狐
shā mò zhī hú

Desert Fox

沙特阿拉伯
shā tè ā lā bó

Saudi Arabia

沙岩
shā yán

sandstone

沙门
shā mén

monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India)

沙尘
shā chén

airborne sand and dust

沙雅县
shā yǎ xiàn

Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang

沙坑
shā kēng

sandbox

滑沙
huá shā

sandboarding

沙皇俄国
shā huáng é guó

Tsarist Russia

沙堡
shā bǎo

sandcastle

沙坡头
shā pō tóu

Shapo district of Zhongwei city 中衛市|中卫市[zhōng wèi shì], Ningxia

库姆塔格沙漠
kù mǔ tǎ gé shā mò

Kumutage (or Kumtag) Desert, northwestern China

白沙乡
bái shā xiāng

Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

沙盘
shā pán

sand table (military)

沙朗牛排
shā lǎng niú pái

sirloin steak

古尔班通古特沙漠
gǔ ěr bān tōng gǔ tè shā mò

Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang

拉沙病毒
lā shā bìng dú

Lassa virus

折戟沉沙
zhé jǐ chén shā

lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom)

沙雅
shā yǎ

Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang

冰沙
bīng shā

slushie

白秋沙鸭
bái qiū shā yā

(bird species of China) smew (Mergellus albellus)

金沙镇
jīn shā zhèn

Chinsha town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[jīn mén xiàn] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan

沙门菌
shā mén jūn

salmonella

沙发客
shā fā kè

couchsurfing

腾格里沙漠
téng gé lǐ shā mò

Tengger Desert

龙沙
lóng shā

Longsha district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang

红豆沙
hóng dòu shā

red bean paste

沙瓦
shā wǎ

a sour (type of cocktail) (loanword)

沙湾
shā wān

Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan

金沙
jīn shā

Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou

沙门氏菌
shā mén shì jūn

Salmonella

金沙江
jīn shā jiāng

Jinsha river, upper reaches of Yangtze river or Changjiang 長江|长江 in Sichuan and Yunnan

孤沙锥
gū shā zhuī

(bird species of China) solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)

沙俄
shā é

Tsarist Russia

西南中沙群岛
xī nán zhōng shā qún dǎo

Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan

沙奎尔·奥尼尔
shā kuí ěr · ào ní ěr

Shaquille O'Neal (1972-), former NBA star

沙䳭
shā jí

(bird species of China) isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)

黑腹沙鸡
hēi fù shā jī

(bird species of China) black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)

沙姆沙伊赫
shā mǔ shā yī hè

Sharm el-Sheikh, city in Egypt

南沙群岛
nán shā qún dǎo

Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam

沙发
shā fā

sofa (loanword)

沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn

to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)

沙漠化
shā mò huà

desertification

沙质
shā zhì

sandy

沙特
shā tè

Saudi

沙棘
shā jí

sea-buckthorn

龙沙区
lóng shā qū

Longsha district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang

沙龙
shā lóng

salon (loanword)

红胸秋沙鸭
hóng xiōng qiū shā yā

(bird species of China) red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

沙画
shā huà

sand picture

中华秋沙鸭
zhōng huá qiū shā yā

(bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)

沙坪坝区
shā píng bà qū

Shapingba District of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[chóng qìng]

沙鼠
shā shǔ

gerbil

西藏毛腿沙鸡
xī zàng máo tuǐ shā jī

(bird species of China) Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus)

沙皮狗
shā pí gǒu

Chinese shar-pei (dog breed)

沙湾县
shā wān xiàn

Shawan county or Saven nahisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang

沙西米
shā xī mǐ

sashimi (loanword)

沙特鲁
shā tè lǔ

Châteauroux

戈壁沙漠
gē bì shā mò

Gobi Desert

柯沙奇病毒
kē shā qí bìng dú

Coxsackievirus

喇沙
lǎ shā

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651-1719), French priest, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

沙鹿镇
shā lù zhèn

Shalu Town in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan

沙河口区
shā hé kǒu qū

Shahekou district of Dalian 大連市|大连市[dà lián shì], Liaoning

封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín

to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)

沙市区
shā shì qū

Shashi district of Jingzhou city 荊州市|荆州市[jīng zhōu shì], Hubei

暗沙
àn shā

submerged sandbank

沙发床
shā fā chuáng

sofa bed

沙展
shā zhǎn

sergeant (loanword)