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shá

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shá Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shá | sha2
English translation
dialectal equivalent of 什麼
>什么 shénme [shén me]
what?

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About shá

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

shá

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of shá

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口舍

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

shě

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and shě represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shá

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wéi shá ràng 孩子 háizi 东摇西摆 de zài 河边 hé biān zǒu ?

Why did you let the boy toddle by the river?

dàn 孩子 háizi men què dōu wèn le 起来 qǐlai : “ 妈妈 māma ,我们 wǒmen shá 时候 shíhou 回去 huí qu ? ”

" When shall we come back, Ma? " the children were asking.

xìn 他们 tā men zuò shá ?

'We didn't ought to'ave trusted'em.

kāi Chē huò 巴士 bā shì dào 那里 nà li —— zhè 之间 zhī jiān méi shá 差别 chābié .

You can get there by car or by bus - it's all one.

xiǎng zhǎo gōu huà shuì , 可是 kěshì 嗓子 sǎngzi gěng zhù le , shá méi shuì 出来 chū lái .

He tried to speak, but gulped and no words came.

Words with shá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shá also pr. [shà] shá
啥子 shá zi (dialect) what啥子 shá zi

shá Decomposition & Compounds

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shá Decomposition

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