沙子

沙子

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (沙子)		沙	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shāzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sha.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: saa¹ zi²
    • Yale: sā jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /säː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 沙子 砂紙／砂纸

Noun

沙子

1. sand

   孩子們在海灘邊用沙子堆砌城堡。 [MSC, trad.]
   孩子们在海滩边用沙子堆砌城堡。 [MSC, simp.]

   Háizi men zài hǎitān biān yòng shāzi duīqì chéngbǎo. [Pinyin]

   The children are building sandcastles on the beach.

2. grain; grit; granule