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shā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shā | sha1
English translation
a kind of sedge grass that used to be woven into raincoats

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About shā

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

shā

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of shā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹沙

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Shā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and Shā represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shā

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另外 lìngwài yǒu , 梅格莫莎莉 guàng jiē .

On another occasion, Meg and Sally Moffat went shopping.

莎宾娜 xiǎng ràng rēng 雪球 xuě qiú wán .

Sabina tried to get him to throw snowballs with her.

yǒu Duàn 关于 guānyú 蒙娜丽莎 Méng nà Lì shā pái 润肤 shuāng de 简短 jiǎn duǎn 广告 guǎnggào .

There was a brief ad for Mona Lisa skin lightener.

为什么 wèishénme gān 这个 zhè ge ya ?” shā wèn dào . “ 自己 zìjǐ 打扮 dǎban 美丽 měilì ya , ” 妇人 fù rén 回答 huídá dào .

Why are you doing that? Sally asked. " To make myself beautiful, " the lady answered.

桑迪· dùn 觉得 juéde zhè le 莎儿.

Sandy Jipton thought it was rough on Sal.

Words with shā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shā katydid (family Tettigoniidae) shā
伊丽莎白 Yī lì shā bái Elizabeth (person name)伊麗莎白
莎拉 Shā lā Sara or Sarah (name)莎拉 Shā lā
莎士比亚 Shā shì bǐ yà Shakespeare (name)莎士比亞
莎拉波娃 Shā lā bō wá Sharapova (Russian female tennis star)莎拉波娃 Shā lā bō wá
蒙娜丽莎 Méng nà Lì shā Mona Lisa蒙娜麗莎
罗莎 Luó shā Rosa (name)羅莎
玛莎拉蒂 Mǎ shā lā dì Maserati瑪莎拉蒂
莎翁 Shā wēng Shakespeare莎翁 Shā wēng
喀秋莎 Kā qiū shā Katyusha (name)喀秋莎 Kā qiū shā
特雷莎 Tè léi shā Teresa特雷莎 Tè léi shā

shā Decomposition & Compounds

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