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晒

shài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 character level 5 Character Traditional 曬

晒 (shài) means "to dry in the sun; to bask". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 晒 means

1. (of the sun) to shine on
2. to bask in (the sunshine)
3. to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun
4. (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share")
5. colloquialto give the cold shoulder to

Other readings

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

• shàivariant of {晒|shài}

Example sentences

• 他晒不黑。
  Tā shài bù hēi.
  He doesn't tan.
• 我不想晒黑。
  Wǒ bù xiǎng shàihēi.
  I don't want to get a suntan.
• 涂点防晒吧。
  Tú diǎn fángshài ba.
  Put on some sunscreen.
• 起床了，太阳晒屁股了。
  Get up. It's late.
• 去阳台上晒晒太阳怎么样？
  Why don't you go out on the balcony and get some sun?
• 我们闲时应该出外晒晒太阳。
  Wǒmen jiān shí yīnggāi chūwài shài shàitàiyáng.
  We should sometimes expose our bodies to the sun.

Words starting with 晒

• 晒太阳shài tài yángto be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
• 晒干shài gānto dry in the sun
• 晒伤shài shāngto get sunburnt; sunburn
• 晒图shài túblueprint; to make a blueprint
• 晒娃shài wá(colloquial) to indiscriminately share news, images etc of one's child on social media…
• 晒客shài kèperson who shares their experiences and thoughts with others on the Internet
• 晒斑shài bānsunburn spots (on skin)
• 晒油shài yóu(Malaysia) thick soy sauce (used to give food a glossy, caramel-like color)
• 晒照shài zhào(net slang) to post a photo of oneself online
• 晒黑shài hēito sunbathe; to tan; to get sunburnt
• 晒娃族shài wá zú(colloquial) sharent
• 晒衣绳shài yī shéngclothesline
• 晒骆驼shài luò tuoxylitol (Cantonese); see also 木糖醇
• 晒友shài yǒusee 晒客

Words containing 晒

• 防晒fáng shàisunburn protection
• 晾晒liàng shàito sun-dry
• 防晒霜fáng shài shuāngsuntan lotion; sunscreen cream
• 暴晒bào shài(of the sun) to scorch; to expose to a scorching sun
• 曝晒pù shàito expose to strong sunlight
• 摊晒tān shàito lay sth out to dry
• 日晒伤rì shài shāngsunburn
• 防晒油fáng shài yóusunscreen; sunblock
• 日晒雨淋rì shài yǔ línlit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom); fig. exposed to the elements
• 风吹日晒fēng chuī rì shài(idiom) to be exposed to the elements
• 太阳晒屁股tài yáng shài pì gǔto have overslept; Rise and shine!
• 三天打鱼，两天晒网sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎnglit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)…

Characters that look like 晒

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

• 柄bǐnghandle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem…
• 栖qīto perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 眺tiàoto gaze into the distance
• 鸥ōucommon gull
• 晌shǎngpart of the day; midday
• 眦zì(anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus

Where 晒 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Confusion, Foolishness & Deception (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shài correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.