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砂

shā

Character

What 砂 means

1. sand
2. gravel
3. granule
4. variant of {沙|shā}

Example sentences

• 罐头里没有砂糖了。
  Guàntou lǐ méiyǒu shātáng le.
  There is no sugar left in the pot.
• 壶里面没有砂糖了。
  There is no sugar left in the pot.
• 不好意思，可以帮我拿下砂糖吗？
  Excuse me, would you mind passing me the sugar?
• 这家店卖黄油、奶酪、砂糖之类的食品。
  The store sells foodstuffs, such as butter, cheese, and sugar.
• 我们需要面粉、砂糖和鸡蛋来做这个蛋糕。
  Wǒmen xūyào miànfěn, shātáng hé jīdàn lái zuò zhège dàngāo.
  We need flour, sugar and eggs to make this cake.
• 守宫砂是中国古代用来验证女人贞操的方法.
  Shǒugōng shā shì Zhōngguó gǔdài yònglái yànzhèng nǚrén zhēncāo de fāngfǎ.
  Shougongsha is an old Chinese technique to test a woman's virginity.

Words starting with 砂

• 砂锅shā guōcasserole; earthenware pot
• 砂糖shā tánggranulated sugar
• 砂石shā shísandstone; sand and stone; aggregate
• 砂仁shā rénAmomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine
• 砂囊shā nánggizzard (anatomy of birds, gastropods etc)
• 砂子shā zisand
• 砂岩shā yánsandstone
• 砂浆shā jiāngmortar (building)
• 砂纸shā zhǐsandpaper (i.e. abrasive)
• 砂轮shā lúngrinding wheel; emery wheel
• 砂积矿床shā jī kuàng chuángplacer (alluvial deposit containing valuable metals)
• 砂梨shā líAsian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)
• 砂糖橘shā táng júsugar mandarin (Citrus reticulata cv. "Shatangju"), a cultivar of mandarin that…
• 砂砾shā lìgrit
• 砂礓shā jiāngconcretion (geology)
• 砂拉越Shā lā yuèsee 沙捞越
• 砂锤shā chuívariant of 沙锤
• 砂槌shā chuívariant of 沙锤

Words containing 砂

• 朱砂zhū shācinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS; also written 朱砂
• 紫砂zǐ shāa type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜兴
• 丹砂dān shācinnabar
• 喷砂pēn shāsandblasting; abrasive blasting
• 油砂yóu shāoil sand (mining)
• 滤砂lǜ shāfilter sand
• 磨砂mó shāto scrub with an abrasive; to sand; frosted (e.g. glass)
• 粉砂fěn shāsilt
• 粗砂cū shāgrit
• 猫砂māo shācat litter
• 铁砂tiě shāshot (in shotgun); pellets
• 采砂场cǎi shā chǎngsandpit; sand quarry
• 海砂屋hǎi shā wūhouse built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand
• 玻璃砂bō li shāsiliceous sand (geology)
• 白砂糖bái shā tángwhite granulated sugar
• 磨砂机mó shā jīsander; sanding machine
• 粉砂岩fěn shā yánsiltstone
• 粉砂石fěn shā shísiltstone
• 紫砂壶zǐ shā húzisha teapot; Yixing teapot
• 金刚砂jīn gāng shācarborundum; emery
• 磨砂玻璃mó shā bō lifrosted glass
• 磨石粗砂岩mó shí cū shā yánmillstone grit
• 磨砂膏mó shā gāofacial scrub
• 辰砂chén shācinnabar

Characters built on 少

These share the phonetic component 少 (shǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 沙shāgranule; hoarse; raspy
• 纱shācotton yarn; muslin

Characters that look like 砂

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

• 秒miǎosecond (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (colloquial) instantly
• 砖zhuānbrick; tile (floor or wall, not roof)
• 砸záto smash; to pound; to fail
• 籽zǐseed (of a plant)
• 矽xī(Taiwan) silicon (chemistry); Taiwan pr. xì
• 砑yàto calender

Sounds the same

Read shā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 杀to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 沙granule; hoarse; raspy
• 莎katydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
• 纱cotton yarn; muslin
• 煞to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop
• 刹to brake
• 鲨shark
• 痧cholera
• 裟used in 袈裟
• 铩(old) spear; lance; (literary) to cripple; to harm; to injure
• 樧Zanthoxylum ailanthoides
• 魦shark family, including some rays and skates