沙 (shā) means Sand (paste - powder - raspy - hoarse). Below are 17 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
他坐在 沙 发上看书。
Tā zuò zài shāfā shàng kàn shū.
He sat on the sofa reading.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 沙发
沙 漠里几乎没有水。
Shāmò lǐ jīhū méiyǒu shuǐ.
There is almost no water in the desert.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 沙漠
孩子们在 沙 滩上玩。
Háizimen zài shātān shàng wán.
The children are playing on the beach.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 沙滩
小猫躲藏在 沙 发后面。
Xiǎo māo duǒcáng zài shāfā hòumiàn.
The kitten is hiding behind the sofa.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 躲藏
他们开车穿过了 沙 漠。
Tāmen kāi chē chuān guò le shāmò.
They drove across the desert.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 沙漠
他披着毯子坐在 沙 发上。
Tā pī zhe tǎnzi zuò zài shāfā shàng.
He sat on the sofa with a blanket over his shoulders.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 披
他在 沙 发上眯了一会儿。
Tā zài shāfā shang mī le yíhuìr.
He had a short nap on the sofa.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 眯
他翘着二郎腿坐在 沙 发上。
Tā qiàozhe èrlángtuǐ zuò zài shāfā shang.
He sat on the sofa with one leg crossed over the other.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 翘
这种植物能在 沙 漠中生存。
Zhè zhǒng zhíwù néng zài shāmò zhōng shēngcún.
This plant can survive in the desert.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生存
孩子们用 沙 子堆了一座城堡。
Háizimen yòng shāzi duī le yí zuò chéngbǎo.
The children built a castle out of sand.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 城堡
这里从前是一片荒凉的 沙 地。
Zhèlǐ cóngqián shì yí piàn huāngliáng de shādì.
This used to be a stretch of desolate sand.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 荒凉
孩子们在 沙 滩上捡了满满一袋贝壳。
Háizimen zài shātān shang jiǎn le mǎnmǎn yí dài bèiké.
The children picked up a whole bag of shells on the beach.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贝壳
水静置一夜，泥 沙 就沉淀到了底部。
Shuǐ jìngzhì yí yè, níshā jiù chéndiàn dào le dǐbù.
Left overnight, the silt settled to the bottom of the water.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沉淀
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From the graded readers
可是我在 沙 发上睡着了。
kěshì wǒ zài shāfā shàng shuìzháole.
But I fell asleep on the sofa.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
Words that contain 沙
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 沙
How is 沙 used in a sentence?
This page shows 17 sentences using 沙 (shā, "Sand (paste - powder - raspy - hoarse)"), 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 沙 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 沙 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 沙?
The dictionary page for 沙 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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