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沙发

shā fā

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 沙發 Measure word 条、张

沙发 (shā fā) means "sofa (loanword)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 沙发 means

1. loanwordsofa
2. net slangfirst reply to a forum post

The characters in 沙发

• 沙shāgranule; hoarse; raspy
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Example sentences

• 它在沙发上。
  It's on the sofa.
• 就在沙发上。
  It's just there on the sofa.
• 睡在沙发上。
  Sleep on the couch.
• 我坐在沙发上。
  I'm sitting on the sofa.
• 我有一个沙发。
  I have a couch.
• 我们想买张沙发。
  We would like to buy a sofa.

Words starting with 沙发

• 沙发客shā fā kècouchsurfing; couchsurfer
• 沙发床shā fā chuángsofa bed; sleeper sofa

Words containing 沙发

• 单人沙发dān rén shā fā(upholstered) armchair
• 懒人沙发lǎn rén shā fābeanbag

Where 沙发 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Home & household objects (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shā fā correctly.
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