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沙滩

shā tān

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 沙灘 Measure word 片

沙滩 (shā tān) means "beach; sandy shore". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 沙滩 means

1. beach
2. sandy shore

The characters in 沙滩

• 沙shāgranule; hoarse; raspy
• 滩tānbeach; shoal; rapids

Example sentences

• 我在沙滩
  I'm at the beach.
• 我在沙滩打排球。
  I'm on the beach playing volleyball.
• 这个沙滩挤满了游客
  Zhège shātān jǐmǎn le yóukè
  The beach was packed with tourists.
• 沙滩上的人非常少。
  There were few people on the beach.
• 我要去沙滩，你呢？
  I'm going to the beach. What about you?
• 他要跟她一起去沙滩。
  Tā yào gēn tā yīqǐ qù shātān.
  He wanted to go to the beach with her.

Words starting with 沙滩

• 沙滩排球shā tān pái qiúbeach volleyball
• 沙滩鞋shā tān xiébeach shoes; wetsuit booties

Where 沙滩 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Deserts, Beaches & Nature Events (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shā tān correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.