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厦

shà

HSK 5 Character Traditional 廈

What 厦 means

1. bound formtall building; mansion
2. bound formrear annex; lean-to
3. Taiwan pr. xià

Other readings

厦 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xiàabbr. for Xiamen or Amoy {厦门|Xià mén}, Fujian

Example sentences

• 纽约充满着高楼大厦。
  Niǔyuē chōngmǎn zhe gāolóudàshà.
  New York bristles with towering buildings.
• 在钢铁大厦的旁边有许多的雏菊。
  Zài gāngtiě dàshà de pángbiān yǒu xǔduō de chújú.
  There are daisies next to the steel building.
• 那里有许多雏菊围绕着钢铁大厦。
  Nàli yǒu xǔduō chújú wéirào zhe gāngtiě dàshà.
  There are daisies around the steel building.
• 摩天大厦里的电梯是至关重要的。
  Mótiāndàshà lǐ de diàntī shì zhìguānzhòngyào de.
  The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems.
• 纽约帝国大厦现在完全依靠风力发电。
  New York's Empire State Building is now running entirely on wind power.
• 那座大厦天台的景色很美的，想去看看吗？
  Nà zuò dàshà Tiāntāi de jǐngsè hěn Měidí, xiǎng qù kànkan ma?
  There's a great view from the rooftop of that building. Want to go see?

Words starting with 厦

• 厦门大学Xià mén Dà xuéXiamen University
• 厦门市Xià mén ShìXiamen, sub-provincial city in Fujian Province 福建省
• 厦门Xià ménsee 厦门市

Words containing 厦

• 大厦dà shà(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions…
• 高楼大厦gāo lóu dà shàtall building
• 偏厦piān shàside annex; lean-to
• 航厦háng shà(Taiwan) airport terminal
• 世贸大厦Shì mào Dà shàWorld Trade Center
• 国会大厦guó huì dà shàcapitol
• 多层大厦duō céng dà shàmultistory building
• 大厦将倾dà shà jiāng qīnggreat mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation
• 帝国大厦Dì guó Dà shàEmpire State Building (New York City)
• 摩天大厦mó tiān dà shàskyscraper
• 机场大厦jī chǎng dà shàairport terminal
• 购物大厦gòu wù dà shàshopping mall
• 纽约帝国大厦Niǔ yuē Dì guó Dà shàEmpire State Building
• 金茂大厦Jīn mào Dà shàJin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai
• 噶厦gá xiàgovernment of Tibet, dissolved in 1959
• 五角大厦Wǔ jiǎo Dà shà(Taiwan) the Pentagon

Characters that look like 厦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 崖yáprecipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. yái
• 匮kuìto lack; lacking; empty
• 虞yú(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about…
• 笺jiānletter; note-paper

Sounds the same

Read shà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 煞fiend; demon; very
• 沙(dialect) to sift; to sieve
• 嗄hoarse
• 霎all of a sudden; drizzle
• 歃to drink
• 箑fan
• 翣wooden fan carried in procession
• 萐(auspicious herb)
• 帹kerchief covering head (arch.)