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沙子

shā zi

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 粒、把

沙子 (shā zi) means "sand; grit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 沙子 means

1. sand
2. grit

The characters in 沙子

• 沙shāgranule; hoarse; raspy
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 我吃了沙子。
  I ate sand.
• 海洋底部有沙子。
  Hǎiyáng dǐbù yǒu shāzi.
  There is sand at the bottom of the ocean.
• 我眼睛里进沙子了。
  Dust got into one of my eyes.
• 汤姆弯下腰，捧起了一把沙子。
  Tāngmǔ wān xià yāo, pěng qǐ le yī bǎ shāzi.
  Tom bent down and picked up a handful of sand.
• 孩子们正在海滩上用沙子堆沙堡。
  Kids are building sand castles on the beach.
• 史丹佛大学电机工程教授范善辉表示：这些面板包含一层材料，类似沙子中的物质。它就像一种高科技镜子，既能将热量从建筑物中排出，又能反射太阳光线，并将热量和阳光都送入 100 公里高的寒冷太空。
  Stanford University electrical engineering professor Shanhui Fan said the panels—which include a layer of material similar to what is found in sand—act like a kind of high-tech mirror, both siphoning heat out of the buildings and reflecting the sun's rays, sending both 100 kilometers up into the coldness of space.

Words containing 沙子

• 掺沙子chān shā zito mix in some sand (e.g. when making concrete); (fig.) to place outsiders into a…
• 眼里容不得沙子yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zican't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom); unable to put sth objectionable out of one's…
• 眼里揉不得沙子yǎn lǐ róu bu dé shā zisee 眼里容不得沙子

Sounds the same

Read shā zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 砂子sand

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shā zi correctly.
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