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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sā | sa1
English translation
to let go
to cast
to let loose
to discharge
to give expression to
to scatter
to sprinkle
to spill
to disperse, to let go, to relax

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To scatter  sàn seeds by hand  shǒu sàn also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌散

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and sàn represents the sound.

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获胜 huò shèng duì gěi le cǎi xiè .

The winning team was showered with confetti.

cǎi xiè zài 一双 Xīn rén 身上 shēn shang .

Confetti showered down on the newly - weds.

人们 rén men 有时 yǒu shí zài yún 播撒 bō sǎ 碘化银 diǎn huà yín ,诱使 yòu shǐ 降雨 jiàng yǔ .

Clouds are sometimes seeded with silver iodide to induce precipitation.

冬天 dōng tiān ,面包屑 miàn bāo xiè 到屋 wài wéi diǎo .

In the winter he scattered crumbs outside to feed the birds.

褐色 hè sè de 瀑布 pùbù le 下来 xià lai .

Down rippled the brown cascade.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to let go
撒谎 sāhuǎng to tell lies撒謊
撒娇 sā jiāo to throw a tantrum撒嬌
撒旦 Sā dàn Satan or Shaitan撒旦 Sā dàn
耶路撒冷 Yē lù sā lěng Jerusalem耶路撒冷 Yē lù sā lěng
撒尿 sā niào to piss撒尿 sā niào
凯撒 Kǎi sā Caesar or Kaiser (name)凱撒
恺撒 Kǎi sǎ Caesar (name)愷撒
撒手 sā shǒu to give up撒手 sā shǒu
撒切尔 Sā qiē ěr Thatcher (name)撒切爾
撒野 sā yě to behave atrociously撒野 sā yě
弥撒 mí sa (Catholic) Mass彌撒
撒哈拉 Sā hā lā Sahara撒哈拉 Sā hā lā
撒腿 sā tuǐ to scram撒腿 sā tuǐ
撒手不管 sā shǒu bù guǎn to take no part in撒手不管 sā shǒu bù guǎn
撒网 sā wǎng to throw a net撒網
撒泼 sā pō to make an unreasonable scene撒潑
播撒 bō sǎ to sow (seeds)播撒 bō sǎ
抛撒 pāo sǎ to sprinkle拋撒
撒气 sā qì to leak (of air)撒氣
撒哈拉沙漠 Sǎ hā lā Shā mò Sahara Desert撒哈拉沙漠 Sǎ hā lā Shā mò
撒播 sǎ bō scatter sowing撒播 sǎ bō
拿撒勒 Ná sǎ lè Nazareth (in Biblical Palestine)拿撒勒 Ná sǎ lè
撒手锏 sā shǒu jiǎn (fig.) trump card撒手鐧

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Decomposition

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