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鲨

shā

Character Traditional 鯊

What 鲨 means

1. shark

Example sentences

• 我要让你下海喂鲨鱼。
  I'm gonna feed you to the sharks.
• 鲨鱼皮比金枪鱼皮粗糙多了。
  Shāyú pí bǐ jīnqiāngyú pí cūcāo duō le.
  The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
• 鲨鱼对电子信号和噪音很敏感。
  Shāyú duì diànzǐ xìnhào hé zàoyīn hěn mǐngǎn.
  Sharks are sensitive to electrical impulses as well as sound.
• 鲨鱼的皮比鲔鱼的皮粗糙多了。
  Shāyú de pí bǐ wěiyú de pí cūcāo duō le.
  The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.

Words starting with 鲨

• 鲨鱼shā yúshark

Words containing 鲨

• 鲸鲨jīng shāwhale shark (Rhincodon typus)
• 大白鲨dà bái shāgreat white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
• 巨牙鲨jù yá shāmegalodon (Carcharodon megalodon)
• 食人鲨shí rén shāman-eating shark; same as 大白鲨
• 锤头鲨chuí tóu shāa hammerhead shark
• 姥鲨lǎo shābasking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
• 鼬鲨yòu shātiger shark
• 双髻鲨shuāng jì shāhammerhead shark
• 巨齿鲨jù chǐ shāsee 巨牙鲨

Characters built on 沙

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

• 莎shākatydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
• 挲sāused in 摩挲
• 裟shāused in 袈裟
• 痧shācholera

Characters that look like 鲨

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

• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 寡guǎfew; scant; widowed
• 蕉jiāobanana
• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 篪chíbamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
• 蕨juéPteridium aquilinum; bracken

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
• 砂sand; gravel; granule
• 刹to brake
• 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