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shài

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shài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shài | shai4
English translation
to dry in the sun; to expose to the sun

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About shài

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Number of strokes

23

Traditional form

shài

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

sun

Etymology of shài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

日麗

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 西 represents the sound. Simplified form of shài .

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Words with shài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shài (of the sun) to shine on shài
晒太阳 shài tài yáng to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)曬太陽
防晒霜 fáng shài shuāng suntan lotion防曬霜
晒干 shài gān to dry in the sun曬乾
暴晒 bào shài (of the sun) to scorch暴曬
晒黑 shài hēi to tan曬黑
曝晒 pù shài to expose to strong sunlight曝曬
日晒雨淋 rì shài yǔ lín weather-beaten日曬雨淋
晒斑 shài bān sunburn spots (on skin)曬斑
晒图 shài tú blueprint曬圖

shài Decomposition & Compounds

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