桑 (sāng) means Mulberry (tree). Below are 2 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
老人的脸上写满了饱经沧 桑 的痕迹。
Lǎorén de liǎn shang xiě mǎn le bǎojīngcāngsāng de hénjì.
The old man's face was covered with the marks of a life of hardship.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 饱经沧桑
这座饱经沧 桑 的古城如今重新热闹起来。
Zhè zuò bǎojīngcāngsāng de gǔchéng rújīn chóngxīn rènao qǐlái.
This ancient city, which has weathered so much, is bustling once again.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 饱经沧桑
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Words that contain 桑
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Questions about 桑
How is 桑 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 桑 (sāng, "Mulberry (tree)"), 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 桑 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 桑 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 桑?
The dictionary page for 桑 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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