晒

晒 shài in a sentence

To sun (sunbathe)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 7 sentences

晒 (shài) means To sun (sunbathe). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

她把衣服 晒 在外面。

Tā bǎ yīfu shài zài wàimiàn.

She hung the clothes outside to dry.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 晒

今天太阳太大,别 晒 太久。

Jīntiān tàiyáng tài dà, bié shài tài jiǔ.

The sun is strong today; do not stay out in it too long.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 晒

他的后背 晒 黑了。

Tā de hòubèi shài hēi le.

His back got sunburned.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 后背

她把被子 晒 在阳台上。

Tā bǎ bèizi shài zài yángtái shàng.

She hung the quilt out on the balcony to air.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 被子

她安详地坐在院子里 晒 太阳。

Tā ānxiáng de zuò zài yuànzi lǐ shài tàiyáng.

She sat serenely in the courtyard, basking in the sun.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 安详

农民把收获的稻谷 晒 在场院里。

Nóngmín bǎ shōuhuò de dàogǔ shài zài chǎngyuàn lǐ.

The farmers spread the harvested rice out to dry in the yard.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 稻谷

这条床单 晒 过以后有阳光的味道。

Zhè tiáo chuángdān shài guo yǐhòu yǒu yángguāng de wèidào.

After being dried in the sun this sheet smells of sunshine.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 床单

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Questions about 晒

How is 晒 used in a sentence?

This page shows 7 sentences using 晒 (shài, "To sun (sunbathe)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 晒 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 晒 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 晒 an HSK word?

Yes — 晒 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 晒?

The dictionary page for 晒 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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