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沙纸shā zhǐ
sandpaper
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 沙纸 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 沙紙 | ||
| 沙紙 | ||
| 1. Variant of 砂紙 | ||
| 2. n. (Cantonese) certificate | ||
| Components | ||
| 沙 | suō | |
| 1. Variant of 砂 | ||
| 砂 | shā | |
| 1. Alternative form of 沙 (sand) | ||
| 2. Alternative form of 沙 (extremely mushy and/or rough (as sand), texture of a watermelon of good quality) | ||
| 砂糖 - granulated sugar | ||
| 硒砂瓜 - Selenium(-rich) Gourd | ||
| 3. (Malaysia, Singapore) Short for 砂拉越, Sarawak | ||
| 纸 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 紙 | ||
| 紙 | zhǐ | |
| 1. paper | ||
| 草稿紙 - scratch paper | ||
| 她 買 了 紙、筆 等 文具。 - She bought paper, pens, and other such stationery. | ||
| 他 用 棕色 的 紙 把 包裹 包 起來。 - He wrapped brown paper around the package. | ||
| 2. (chiefly Cantonese) currency | ||
| 港紙 - Hong Kong dollar | ||
| 加紙 - Canadian dollar | ||
| 3. (Cantonese, ) banknote; bill | ||
| 十 蚊 紙 - ten-dollar bill | ||
| 4. Short for 紙錢, paper made to resemble money and burnt as an offering to the dead | ||
| 5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) | ||
| 妹紙 - girl | ||
| 胖紙 - fatty | ||
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Pronunciation
shā zhǐ
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