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sand / grit / CL: ,
HSK 3
sofa (loanword) / CL: 條|条, 張|张 / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沙* | 沙* | *沙
surname Sha
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沙* | 沙* | *沙
granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL: / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沙* | 沙* | *沙
(dialect) to sift; to sieve
desert / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
sergeant (loanword)
(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
genus Hippophae / sea-buckthorns
Gaza Strip
novice Buddhist monk
slushie / smoothie / crushed ice drink / frappucino
airborne sand and dust
genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
Shahe, a county-level city in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市, Hebei
(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
Tsarist Russia
Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
Saudi Arabia
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
sand dune / sandy hill
sand picture
cultural desert
Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong
czar (loanword)
sand blown by wind / sandstorm
HSK 7-9
Estonia
beach / sandy shore / CL:
HSK 7-9
Ordos Desert, Inner Mongolia
Sansha, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省
Warsaw, capital of Poland
sand and stones
satay (spicy peanut sauce), also spelled sate
desertification
Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
(computing) sandbox
(upholstered) armchair
levofloxacin
rustle
Changsha, prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan Province 湖南省
Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
bean paste bun
(loanword) salad
sandbank / sandbar
red bean paste
(bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sahara Desert
Shashi, a district of Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市, Hubei
satay sauce
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)
(loanword) basa (Pangasius bocourti)
sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut into blocks
Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
silicon sand
Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan
sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) / sand dune / footbag; hacky sack
silt
beach volleyball
to mix in some sand (e.g. when making concrete) / (fig.) to place outsiders into a monolithic group (to infiltrate or disrupt it etc)
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
to die in battle (idiom)
sandy soil
Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
sea-buckthorn
hourglass / sand filter
Gobi Desert
wasabi (loanword) (Tw)
sandworm
swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
fine sand
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia
Tsarist Russia / abbr. for 沙皇俄國|沙皇俄国
lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
Macclesfield Bank, series of reefs in the South China Sea southeast of Hainan Island
cinnabar (used in TCM)
Gaza (territory adjacent to Israel and Egypt)
La Salle (used in the names of schools etc) / Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651-1719), French priest, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia
ladybell root (Radix adenophorae)
(loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink) / (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
sirloin steak
Shaxian, a district of Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Formosa (Tw)
Mojave Desert, southwestern USA
(bird species of China) Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus)
couchsurfing / couchsurfer
sandstorm
sofa bed / sleeper sofa
Salmonella
sand content / quantity of sediment (carried by a river)
Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang
salmonella typhimurium
scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization
Saudi Arabia (Tw)
trachoma

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