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沙滩 shātān

沙滩 shātān Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 沙滩 shātān .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shātān | sha1 tan1
English translation
beach
sandy shore
CL: piān [piàn]

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About 沙滩 shātān

Read some general information about the Chinese word 沙滩 shātān .

Traditional form

沙灘

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng
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Etymology of 沙滩 shātān

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Shā

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and shǎo represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

shǎo

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵少

Number of Strokes

7
tān

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵难

Number of Strokes

13

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Example sentences using 沙滩 shātān

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zhè 男孩 nán hái 精疲力竭 jīng pí lì jié , yòu yòu , dǎo zài 海边 hǎi biān de 沙滩 shātān shǎng .

The boy, tired, hungry and thirsty, fell down on the beach.

tǎng zài 沙滩 shātān shǎng yòng shǒu shāi 砂子 shā zi wán .

He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers.

zài 冬天 dōng tiān de 天空 tiānkōng xià , jiǔ jiǔ ér 孤独 gūdú de zài Yīn chén de 沙滩 shātān shǎng zǒu le hěn jiǔ .

Long and lonely he pace the dreary beach beneath a wintry sky.

需要 xūyào 货品 huò pǐn : mào 陶瓷 táocí bēi 沙滩 shātān sǎn xié kòu .

Products wanted: Caps, ceramic mugs, beach umbrellas and shoe buckles.

她们 tā men shì bèi liàng zài 沙滩 shātān shǎng de 精品 jīng pǐn .

They are the delicate fishes dried on the sand beach.

沙滩 shātān Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 沙滩 shātān and their own compounds.

沙滩 shātān Compounds

See all 18 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 沙滩 shātān in their composition.

  • Shā
    • shā , shā , shā , suō , shā , , , xx , suō , shā , , , , , , , 髿,
  • tān
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