散沙

散沙

Chinese

		adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (散沙)		散	沙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎnshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˇ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan² saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǎnshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˇ ㄕㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saansha
    • IPA ^(key): /sän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan² saa¹
    • Yale: sáan sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan² saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san² sa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /säːn³⁵ säː⁵⁵/

Noun

散沙

1. scattered sand
2. (figuratively) disunity; incohesiveness

Derived terms

一盤散沙／一盘散沙 (yīpánsǎnshā)