沙发 (shāfā) means Sofa. Below are 8 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
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
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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
Questions about 沙发
How is 沙发 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 沙发 (shāfā, "Sofa"), 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.
Is 沙发 an HSK word?
Yes — 沙发 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 沙发?
The dictionary page for 沙发 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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