沙
shà
(dialect) to sift; to sieve
This character is used for its sound in loanwords, not for its component meanings.
把面粉沙一沙，去掉里面的杂质。
bǎ miàn fěn shà yi shà, qù diào lǐ miàn de zá zhì.
Sift the flour once, to remove the impurities inside.
做饼之前，她把粮食沙了一遍，把小石子都去掉了。
zuò bǐng zhī qián, tā bǎ liáng shi shà le yī biàn, bǎ xiǎo shí zi dōu qù diào le.
Before making the cakes, she sieved the grain once through, removing all the little stones.
Words with 沙
泥沙
ní shā
silt
沙丘
shā qiū
sand dune
沙漠化
shā mò huà
desertification
沙粒
shā lì
grain of sand
尖沙咀
jiān shā zuǐ
Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
沙坝
shā bà
a sandbank
一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
lit. like a sheet of loose sand
沙巴
shā bā
Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
沙雅县
shā yǎ xiàn
Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
沙湾
shā wān
Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan
穆沙拉夫
mù shā lā fū
Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008
沙林
shā lín
sarin (loanword)