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sofa (loanword) / CL: 條|条, 張|张 / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
HSK 3
sand / grit / CL: ,
HSK 3
desert / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
salon (loanword)
HSK 7-9
beach / sandy shore / CL:
HSK 7-9
sand blown by wind / sandstorm
HSK 7-9
sandpit (for children's play or for long jump etc) / sandbox
Shashi district of Jingzhou city 荊州市|荆州市, Hubei
sashimi (loanword)
(computing) sandbox
bean paste bun
sand dune / sandy hill
Sharm el-Sheikh, city in Egypt
sirloin (loanword)
(bird species of China) Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
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surname Sha
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granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL: / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
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(dialect) to sift; to sieve
Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
wasabi (loanword) (Tw)
Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze River 長江|长江 in southwestern China
levofloxacin
variant of 沙錘|沙锤
Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008
sandcastle
Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong
Baisha (common place name) / Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan / Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
metaxalone
(loanword) salad
Shayang county in Jingmen 荊門|荆门, Hubei
Estonia
(loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
Formosa (Tw)
sofa bed / sleeper sofa
gold dust / salted egg yolk sauce
Sacramento
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) / Sanskrit mañjusaka / cluster amaryllis
Sha Wujing, aka Friar Sand or Sandy, one of the three disciples of the Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang in "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记
Saudi Arabia (Tw)
satay (spicy peanut sauce), also spelled sate
red bean paste
rustle
Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang
(bird species of China) black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
Lusaka, capital of Zambia (Tw)
Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市, Sichuan / Shawan county or Saven nahisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
sandpit / battleground / battlefield
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk
sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) / sand dune / footbag; hacky sack
methadone
novice Buddhist monk
Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament)
sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters)
sand sculpture
Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tw)
hoarse; husky; raspy
a sour (type of cocktail) (loanword)
sand and stones
lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
Sahara Desert
quicksand / (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard); lava
Changsha county in Changsha 長沙|长沙, Hunan
grains of sand
Salmonella
Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Shaxian, a district of Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Shapingba, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
sand content / quantity of sediment (carried by a river)
Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市, Sichuan
Saudi / abbr. for Saudi Arabia
Warsaw, capital of Poland
hourglass / sand filter
sweetened bean paste
Asian pear; sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)
Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
silt
Longsha district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang
Shahekou district of Dalian 大連市|大连市, Liaoning
czar (loanword)
silkworm guano (excrement)
lit. to sort the gold from the sand (idiom) / fig. to separate the wheat from the chaff
Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
to mix in some sand (e.g. when making concrete) / (fig.) to place outsiders into a monolithic group (to infiltrate or disrupt it etc)
genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
Shashi district of Jingzhou city 荊州市|荆州市, Hubei
Yéngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization
sandy soil
trachoma
Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf)
Mogadishu, Indian ocean seaport and capital of Somalia
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run
sandstorm
lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose
lit. many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom) / fig. many little things add up to sth great

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