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撒

sā

HSK 6 Character

What 撒 means

1. to let go
2. to cast
3. to let loose
4. to discharge
5. to give expression to
6. colloquialto pee

Other readings

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

• sǎto scatter; to sprinkle; to spill

Example sentences

• 别撒谎！
  Don't lie!
• 玛撒拉！
  Mashallah!
• 你在撒谎。
  You are lying.
• 在撒谎吧？
  You're lying, aren't you?
• 不要撒谎!
  Don't tell lies!
• 我在撒谎。
  I'm lying.

Words starting with 撒

• 撒谎sā huǎngto tell lies
• 撒娇sā jiāoto act like a spoiled child; to throw a tantrum; to act coquettishly
• 撒尿sā niàoto pass water; to piss; to urinate
• 撒手sā shǒuto let go of sth; to give up
• 撒旦Sā dànSatan or Shaitan
• 撒哈拉Sā hā lāSahara
• 撒腿sā tuǐto take to one's heels; to scram
• 撒野sā yěto display shockingly bad behavior; to behave atrociously
• 撒拉Sā lāSalar ethnic group
• 撒播sǎ bōto sow (seeds by scattering); scatter sowing
• 撒村sā cūn(dialect) to curse; to speak vulgarly
• 撒欢sā huānto frolic; to gambol
• 撒气sā qìto leak (of air); to go flat (of a tire); to vent one's anger
• 撒然sā ránsudden
• 撒督Sā dūZadok (son of Azor and father of Achim in Matthew 1:13)
• 撒种sǎ zhǒngto sow seeds
• 撒网sā wǎngto throw a net
• 撒门Sā mén(Protestantism) Salmon (son of Nashon)
• 撒拉族Sā lā zúSalar ethnic group
• 撒拉语Sā lā yǔSalar, language of Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
• 撒拉铁Sā lā tiěShealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
• 撒欢儿sā huān rerhua form of 撒欢
• 撒罗满Sā luó mǎn(Catholicism) Solomon, a king of ancient Israel
• 撒西米sā xī mǐsashimi (loanword)

Words containing 撒

• 耶路撒冷Yē lù sā lěngJerusalem
• 弥撒mí sa(Catholic) Mass
• 凯撒Kǎi sāCaesar or Kaiser (name)
• 亚撒Yà sāAsa (?-870 BC), third king of Judah and fifth king of the House of David (Judaism)
• 以撒Yǐ sāIsaac (son of Abraham)
• 播撒bō sǎto sow (seeds); to scatter
• 拉撒路Lā sā lùLazarus (Protestant transliteration)
• 拿撒勒Ná sǎ lèNazareth (in Biblical Palestine)
• 以利亚撒Yǐ lì yà sāEleazar (son of Eluid)
• 依撒依亚Yī sā yī yàIsaiah (Catholic transliteration)
• 依撒意亚Yī sā yì yàIsaiah
• 西撒哈拉Xī Sā hā lāWestern Sahara
• 西属撒哈拉Xī shǔ Sā hā lāSpanish Sahara (former Spanish colony in Africa)
• 昂撒Áng SāAnglo-Saxon
• 吃喝拉撒睡chī hē lā sā shuìto eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep; (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
• 饭撒fàn sā(colloquial) gesture by an idol aimed at delighting fans…
• 尼布甲尼撒Ní bù jiǎ ní sāNebuchadnezzar
• 魔王撒旦mó Wáng Sā dànSatan, Devil king
• 安魂弥撒ān hún mí saRequiem Mass (Catholic)
• 抛撒pāo sǎto sprinkle
• 伯罗奔尼撒Bó luó bēn ní sāPeloponnese, peninsula in southern Greece
• 凯撒酱Kǎi sā jiàngCaesar salad dressing
• 帖撒罗尼迦Tiě sā luó ní jiāThessalonica
• 盎撒Àng SāAnglo-Saxon

Characters that look like 撒

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

• 嫩nènyoung and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light
• 澈chèclear (water); thorough
• 獗juéused in 猖獗
• 墩dūnblock; gate pillar; pier
• 撅juēto protrude; to stick out; to pout (also written 噘)
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)

Sounds the same

Read sā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仨three (colloquial equivalent of 三个)
• 挲used in 摩挲