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桑

sāng

HSK 6 Character

What 桑 means

1. bound formmulberry tree

Other readings

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

• Sāngsurname Sang
• sāngold variant of {桑|sāng}

Example sentences

• 她喜欢去桑拿。
  Tā xǐhuan qù sāngná.
  She likes to go to the sauna.
• 凤凰城是亚利桑那州的首府。
  Fènghuángchéng shì Yàlìsāngnàzhōu de shǒufǔ.
  Phoenix is the capital of Arizona.
• 生意停顿了以后，许多公共浴堂都添置了桑拿浴室、健身器材等的新设备，希望能吸引多点人来光顾。
  Shēngyi tíngdùn le yǐhòu, xǔduō gōnggòng yù táng dōu tiānzhì le sāngná yùshì, jiànshēn qìcái děng de xīn shèbèi, xīwàng néng xīyǐn duō diǎn rén lái guānggù.
  After business came to a halt, many bathhouses added new facilities, such as saunas and exercise equipment, in an effort to attract customers.

Words starting with 桑

• 桑拿sāng ná(loanword) sauna
• 桑树sāng shùmulberry tree
• 桑巴sāng bāsamba (dance) (loanword)
• 桑果sāng guǒmulberry fruit (Fructus mori)
• 桑海Sāng hǎiSonghay people of Mali and the Sahara
• 桑科Sāng kēMoraceae (type of flowering plant)
• 桑耶Sāng yēSamye town and monastery in central Tibet
• 桑那sāng nàsauna (loanword)
• 桑内斯Sāng nèi sīSandnes (city in Rogaland, Norway)
• 桑坦德Sāng tǎn déSantander, capital of Spanish autonomous region Cantabria 坎塔布里亚
• 桑德斯Sāng dé sī(surname) Sanders
• 桑给巴尔Sāng jǐ bā ěrZanzibar
• 桑德尔福德Sāng dé ěr fú déSandefjord (city in Vestfold, Norway)
• 桑托里尼岛Sāng tuō lǐ ní DǎoSantorini (volcanic island in the Aegean sea)
• 桑日县Sāng rì XiànSangri, a county in Shannan City 山南市
• 桑植县Sāng zhí XiànSangzhi, a county in Zhangjiajie City 张家界市
• 桑娇维塞Sāng jiāo wéi sàiSangiovese (grape type)
• 桑搏sāng bó(sports; loanword) sambo
• 桑珠孜区Sāng zhū zī QūSamzhubzê, a district of Shigatse City 日喀则市
• 桑蚕sāng cánsilkworm
• 桑蚕丝sāng cán sīsilk (specifically, mulberry silk)
• 桑梓sāng zǐ(literary) one's native place
• 桑间濮上Sāng jiān Pú shàngSangjian by the Pu River, a place in the ancient state of Wei known for wanton behavior…
• 桑葚sāng shènmulberry fruit (Fructus mori)

Words containing 桑

• 饱经沧桑bǎo jīng cāng sānghaving lived through many changes
• 沧桑cāng sānggreat changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes
• 洛桑Luò sāngLausanne (city in Switzerland)
• 哈桑Hā sāngHassan or Hasan (personal name or place name)
• 沧海桑田cāng hǎi sāng tiánlit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)…
• 扶桑Fú sāngFusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan
• 坦桑尼亚Tǎn sāng ní yàTanzania
• 土桑Tǔ sāngTucson (city in Arizona)
• 尼桑Ní sāngNissan, Japanese car make
• 普桑Pǔ sānga model of Volkswagen Santana based on the Passat B2; Poussin (name)
• 农桑nóng sāng(literary) farming and sericulture; agricultural production
• 妈妈桑mā ma sāng(from Japanese "mama-san") female manager of a hostess club, brothel or similar…
• 欧吉桑ōu jí sāngolder man; man of mature years (Japanese loanword)
• 欧巴桑ōu ba sāngolder female; woman of mature years (Japanese loanword)
• 亚利桑那Yà lì sāng nàArizona
• 卡桑德拉Kǎ sāng dé lāCassandra (given name); Cassandra (character in Greek mythology)
• 基桑加尼Jī sāng jiā níKisangani (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• 莫桑比克Mò sāng bǐ kèMozambique
• 亚利桑纳州Yà lì sāng nà zhōustate of Arizona
• 亚利桑那州Yà lì sāng nà zhōuArizona
• 萨桑王朝Sà sāng Wáng cháoSassanid Empire of Persia (c. 2nd-7th century AD)
• 莫泊桑Mò bó sāngGuy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
• 拉夫桑贾尼Lā fū sāng jiǎ níAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
• 柴桑区Chái sāng QūChaisang, a district of Jiujiang City 九江市

Characters that look like 桑

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

• 疾jí(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 泰tàisafe; peaceful; most
• 爽shuǎngbright; clear; crisp
• 扇shànfan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 涣huànto dissipate; to dissolve

Sounds the same

Read sāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 丧mourning; funeral; (old) corpse