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萨

sà

Character Traditional 薩

What 萨 means

1. used in {菩萨|pú sà}
2. used in transliteration

Other readings

萨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Sàsurname Sa

Example sentences

• 萨米靠近。
  Sami was getting closer.
• 萨米会没事的
  Sà mǐ huì méishì de
  Sami is going to be alright.
• 萨米爱开罗。
  Sà mǐ ài Kāiluó.
  Sami loves Cairo.
• 披萨是谁的？
  Whose pizza is this?
• 萨米知道了。
  Sami knew.
• 萨米在里面。
  Sami is in there.

Words starting with 萨

• 萨达姆Sà dá mǔSaddam Hussein (1937–2006), president of Iraq 1979–2003
• 萨特Sà tèJean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French existential philosopher and novelist
• 萨克斯sà kè sīsax; saxophone
• 萨德Sà déTHAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), US Army anti-ballistic missile system
• 萨斯sà sīSARS; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• 萨满sà mǎn(loanword) shaman
• 萨尔Sà ěrSaarland
• 萨那Sà nàSana'a, capital of Yemen
• 萨里Sà lǐSurrey (county in England)
• 萨克管sà kè guǎnsax; saxophone
• 萨拉米sà lā mǐ(loanword) salami
• 萨斯病sà sī bìngSARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
• 萨满教Sà mǎn jiàoShamanism
• 萨尔达Sà ěr dáZelda (in Legend of Zelda video game) (Tw, HK, Macau)
• 萨米人Sà mǐ rénthe Sami people, indigenous people in northern Scandinavia
• 萨达特Sà dá tèAnwar Al Sadat
• 萨尔州Sà ěr zhōuSaarland, state of Germany, capital Saarbrücken 萨尔布吕肯
• 萨克斯管sà kè sī guǎnsax; saxophone
• 萨克斯风sà kè sī fēng(loanword) saxophone
• 萨博Sà bóSaab
• 萨哈洛夫Sà hā luò fūSakharov (Russian name)
• 萨哈罗夫Sà hǎ luó fūAndrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Russian nuclear scientist and dissident human rights activist
• 萨哈诺夫Sà hǎ nuò fū(Andrei) Sakharov
• 萨德尔市Sà dé ěr shìSadr city (Shia township in East Bagdad)

Words containing 萨

• 菩萨pú sà(Buddhism) bodhisattva
• 佛罗伦萨Fó luó lún sàFlorence, Italy
• 比萨bǐ sà(loanword) pizza
• 巴萨Bā sàBarca (nickname for FC Barcelona); Baza (town in Grenada, Spain)
• 哈萨克Hā sà kèKazakh ethnic group; (Tw, HK) Kazakhstan
• 哈萨克斯坦Hā sà kè sī tǎnKazakhstan
• 比萨饼bǐ sà bǐngpizza (loanword)
• 观音菩萨Guān yīn Pú sàGuanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
• 格萨尔Gé sà ěrKing Gesar, hero of a Tibetan and Mongolian epic cycle
• 哈萨克族Hā sà kè zúKazakh ethnic group
• 卡萨布兰卡Kǎ sà bù lán kǎCasablanca (Morocco's economic capital)
• 维萨Wéi sàVisa (credit card and payment network)
• 门萨Mén sàMensa (loanword)
• 伊萨卡Yī sà kǎIthaca, a Greek island; Ithaca, New York, location of Cornell University 康奈尔大学
• 哥萨克Gē sà kèCossack (people)
• 拉萨市Lā sà ShìLhasa, prefecture-level city and capital of Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治区
• 特里萨Tè lǐ sàTeresa; Theresa (name)
• 瓦萨比wǎ sà bǐ(loanword) wasabi
• 纳瓦萨Nà wǎ sàNavassa
• 阿萨德Ā sà déAssad (Arabic name)
• 批萨pī sà(loanword) pizza
• 卡萨诺瓦Kǎ sà nuò wǎGiacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer known for womanizing
• 哈萨克人Hā sà kè rénKazakh person; Kazakh people
• 哈萨克文Hā sà kè wénKazakh written language

Characters that look like 萨

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

• 婴yīnginfant; baby
• 筛shāi(bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection
• 亵xièobscene; disrespectful
• 萍píngduckweed
• 舜ShùnShun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
• 笋sǔnbamboo shoot

Sounds the same

Read sà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卅thirty
• 飒sound of wind; valiant; melancholy
• 攃preceding
• 钑(literary) small halberd with an iron handle, used as a weapon or agricultural tool…