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沙
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Definitions
- 1. granule
- 2. hoarse
- 3. raspy
- 4. sand
- 5. powder
- 6. CL:粒[lì]
Example Sentences
1 shown我聽到樹葉 沙 沙 作響。
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Words Containing 沙
Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008
sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
methadone
Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan
sari (loanword)
Shahe, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[wū lǔ mù qí shì], Xinjiang
Warsaw, capital of Poland
sand and stones
quantity of sand (transported by a river)
sweetened bean paste
Chuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[pǔ dōng xīn qū], Shanghai
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia
manhole
(bird species of China) pale martin (Riparia diluta)
Gaza Strip
chauvinism
(bird species of China) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
Peshawar, city in north Pakistan
salad spinner
Ordos Desert, Inner Mongolia
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)
also known as albuterol, proventil and ventolin
sand content
(bird species of China) pale rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus)
fine sand
a sandbank
sandy beach or river bank
Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei
Shashi district of Jingzhou city 荊州市|荆州市[jīng zhōu shì], Hubei
silt
quicksand
satay (sauce)
Dasha River (the name of rivers in various parts of China)
see 啟海話|启海话[qǐ hǎi huà]
Abu Sayyaf, militant Islamist separatist group also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya
Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[wū lǔ mù qí shì], Xinjiang
Shahe, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei
silkworm guano (excrement)
Shapo district of Zhongwei city 中衛市|中卫市[zhōng wèi shì], Ningxia
sandpit
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
Baisha (common place name)
Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island
to die in battle (idiom)
Jehoshaphat, fourth king of Judah (Judaism)
rustle
Chesapeake Bay
Estonia
czar (loanword)
beanbag
Nansha Islands, aka Spratly Islands
sand break (in desert environment)
see 西沙群島|西沙群岛[xī shā qún dǎo]
lit. like a sheet of loose sand
lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose
grains of sand
(bird species of China) greater sand plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
(bird species of China) grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis)
(literary) desert
desert
Afar Desert, Southern Ethiopia
silicon sand
Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang
hourglass
Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
Cheung Sha Wan (poultry market in Hong Kong)
Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
satay (spicy peanut sauce), also spelled sate
thalidomide
(bird species of China) wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)
Sacramento
(upholstered) armchair
Sha Wujing
countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
Coxsackievirus
genus Hippophae
Sha Wujing
Sha Tau Kok (town in Hong Kong)
(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
sandpit (for children's play or for long jump etc)
(bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser)
grain of sand
Mojave Desert, southwestern USA
shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)
(bird species of China) Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
sirloin (loanword)
Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
salmonella typhimurium
Yéngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
sauce (loanword)
Paknampho city, Thailand
(bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Gaza (territory adjacent to Israel and Egypt)
sandstorm
Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea
swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
desert locust
Sahara Desert
mud and sand flow together (idiom)
Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门[jīng mén], Hubei
sand and dust storm
sardine (loanword)
sand
(bird species of China) Mongolian finch (Bucanetes mongolicus)
Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
Nansha District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
manhole
sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut into blocks
can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom)
sarin (loanword)
Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou
Yéngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[kā shí dì qū], west Xinjiang
cat litter
Changsha county in Changsha 長沙|长沙[cháng shā], Hunan
(bird species of China) desert whitethroat (Sylvia minula)
(computing) sandbox
Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
metaxalone
trachoma
satay sauce
ladybell root (Radix adenophorae)
\Sha Family's Creek\, a Beijing opera classified as model theater 樣板戲|样板戏[yàng bǎn xì]
palytoxin
sand wedge (golf)
bean paste bun
novice Buddhist monk
Shapingba district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
sarsaparilla
salad (loanword)
Shalu Town in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
sandbag
sandy soil
beach shoes
salad (loanword)
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
sandworm
beach volleyball
Girard Desargues (1591-1661), French geometer
(bird species of China) sand martin (Riparia riparia)
Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
Kinshasa, capital of Zaire
sharia (Islamic law) (loanword)
hoarse
Sha county in Sanming 三明[sān míng], Fujian
Mogadishu, Indian ocean seaport and capital of Somalia
(bird species of China) Eurasian crimson-winged finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus)
a Saudi
scattered sand
Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
shifting sand dunes
(bird species of China) lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus)
Chavannes (name)
Sha Wujing
(bird species of China) desert finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)
sand dune
beach
shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)
Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution
see 眼裡容不得沙子|眼里容不得沙子[yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi]
Sha Zukang (1947-), Chinese diplomat
sand blown by wind
sandbank
Desert Fox
Saudi Arabia
sandstone
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India)
airborne sand and dust
Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang
sandbox
sandboarding
Tsarist Russia
sandcastle
Shapo district of Zhongwei city 中衛市|中卫市[zhōng wèi shì], Ningxia
Kumutage (or Kumtag) Desert, northwestern China
Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
sand table (military)
sirloin steak
Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang
Lassa virus
lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom)
Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang
slushie
(bird species of China) smew (Mergellus albellus)
Chinsha town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[jīn mén xiàn] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
salmonella
couchsurfing
Tengger Desert
Longsha district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
red bean paste
a sour (type of cocktail) (loanword)
Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[lè shān shì], Sichuan
Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou
Salmonella
Jinsha river, upper reaches of Yangtze river or Changjiang 長江|长江 in Sichuan and Yunnan
(bird species of China) solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
Tsarist Russia
Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan
Shaquille O'Neal (1972-), former NBA star
(bird species of China) isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
(bird species of China) black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
Sharm el-Sheikh, city in Egypt
Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
sofa (loanword)
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
desertification
sandy
Saudi
sea-buckthorn
Longsha district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang
salon (loanword)
(bird species of China) red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
sand picture
(bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)
Shapingba District of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[chóng qìng]
gerbil
(bird species of China) Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus)
Chinese shar-pei (dog breed)
Shawan county or Saven nahisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang
sashimi (loanword)
Châteauroux
Gobi Desert
Coxsackievirus
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651-1719), French priest, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Shalu Town in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
Shahekou district of Dalian 大連市|大连市[dà lián shì], Liaoning
to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
Shashi district of Jingzhou city 荊州市|荆州市[jīng zhōu shì], Hubei
submerged sandbank
sofa bed
sergeant (loanword)