Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- shā
English
- sand
- sand
- pebbles, gravel
- gravel
- gritty
- granule
- variant of 沙[sha1]
- sand; grit; small particles
粵語
- 同沙，細粒嘅嘢，一啲詞語習慣用「砂」而唔用「沙」
Words containing 砂
- 砂糖saa1 tong4
granulated sugar
- 砂石saa1 sek6
sandstone
- 朱砂zyu1 saa1
cinnabar
- 硃砂zyu1 saa1
cinnabar
- 神砂san4 saa1
coins; loose change [colloquial]
- 砂紙saa1 zi2
sandpaper (i.e. abrasive)
- 砂囊saa1 nong4
gizzard (anatomy of birds, gastropods etc)
- 砂煲saa1 bou1
a clay pot
- 砂子saa1 zi2
sand
- 砂帶saa1 daai2
sanding belt
- 砂布saa1 bou3
Emery cloth
- 鐵砂tit3 saa1
shot (in shotgun)
- 砂輪saa1 leon4
grinding wheel
- 貓砂maau1 saa1
cat litter
- 丹砂daan1 saa1
cinnabar
- 粗砂cou1 saa1
grit
- 砂仁saa1 jan4
Amomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine
- 磨砂mo4 saa1
to scrub with an abrasive
- 砂漏saa1 lau6
hourglass
- 崩砂bang1 saa1
butterfly-shaped cookies
- 砂盆saa1 pun4
(noun) a sand tray; a clay pot
- 鎂砂mei5 saa1
magnesium oxide (refractory material)
- 濾砂leoi6 saa1
filter sand
- 吊砂煲diu3 saa1 bou1
meaning one is unemployed and has no income, no money, no food