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纱

shā

Character Traditional 紗

What 纱 means

1. cotton yarn
2. muslin

Example sentences

• 好漂亮的婚纱！
  What a beautiful wedding dress!
• 今天我们来揭开英文虚拟式的神秘面纱。
  Jīntiān wǒmen lái jiēkāi Yīngwén xūnǐ shì de shénmì miànshā.
  Today, we are going to unravel the mystery of the English subjunctive.

Words starting with 纱

• 纱布shā bùgauze
• 纱窗shā chuāngscreen window
• 纱帽shā màogauze hat; (fig.) job as an official
• 纱厂shā chǎngcotton mill; textile factory
• 纱支shā zhī(textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn)…
• 纱笼shā lóng(loanword) sarong
• 纱线shā xiànyarn
• 纱门shā ménscreen door
• 纱丽shā lì(loanword) sari
• 纱布口罩shā bù kǒu zhàogauze mask
• 纱绽shā zhànspindle

Words containing 纱

• 面纱miàn shāveil
• 婚纱hūn shāwedding dress
• 黑纱hēi shāblack armband
• 轻纱qīng shālight muslin; gauze
• 薄纱báo shāgauze (cloth)
• 纺纱fǎng shāto spin (cotton, wool etc); spinning
• 并纱bìng shādoubling (combining two or more lengths of yarn into a single thread)
• 棉纱mián shācotton yarn
• 管纱guǎn shā(textiles) cop
• 经纱jīng shāwarp (vertical thread in weaving)
• 臂纱bì shāarmband
• 头纱tóu shāwedding veil; gauze headscarf or veil
• 麻纱má shālinen or cotton fabric
• 泡泡纱pào pào shāseersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)
• 乌纱帽wū shā màoblack gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position)…
• 丢乌纱帽diū wū shā màolit. to lose one's black hat; to be sacked from an official post
• 婚纱摄影hūn shā shè yǐngwedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
• 神秘面纱shén mì miàn shāveil of mystery
• 透明硬纱tòu míng yìng shāorganza (fabric)
• 纬纱wěi shāwoof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 浣纱huàn shāto wash silk
• 浣纱记Huàn shā jìHuansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰鱼 from History of…

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
• 砂shāsand; gravel; granule

Characters that look like 纱

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

• 妙miàoclever; wonderful
• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up
• 绅shēnmember of gentry
• 妍yánbeautiful

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
• 煞to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop
• 砂sand; gravel; granule
• 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