萨 (sà): used in 菩薩|菩萨, used in transliteration
萨 (sà) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 菩薩|菩萨.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (structural), 阝 (structural) and 产 (structural). It ranks #1045 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- used in 菩薩|菩萨
- used in transliteration
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 德克萨斯proper-noun | dé kè sà sī | Texas, US state |
| 比萨noun | bǐ sà | (loanword) pizza |
| 披萨noun | pī sà | (loanword) pizza |
| 阿萨德proper-noun | ā sà dé | Assad (Arabic name) |
| 萨尔瓦多 | sà ěr wǎ duō | El Salvador |
| 萨达姆proper-noun | sà dá mǔ | Saddam Hussein (1937–2006), president of Iraq 1979–2003 |
| 萨克斯proper-noun | sà kè sī | sax |
| 萨斯 | sà sī | SARS |
| 比萨饼noun | bǐ sà bǐng | pizza (loanword) |
| 卡萨诺瓦 | kǎ sà nuò wǎ | Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer known for womanizing |
| 摩萨德proper-noun | mó sà dé | Mossad |
| 特里萨proper-noun | tè lǐ sà | Teresa |
| 艾萨克proper-noun | ài sà kè | Isaac (name) |
| 萨尔 | sà ěr | Saarland |
| 敖德萨proper-noun | áo dé sà | Odessa (city in Ukraine) |
萨 appears in 100 compound words: 47 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 萨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (25)
Showing 12 of 25 idioms containing 萨.
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了萨字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le sà zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "萨" in the dictionary.
卷入爱泼斯坦案件,美国前财长萨默斯从哈佛辞职
juǎn rù ài pō sī tǎn àn jiàn , měi guó qián cái cháng sà mò sī cóng hā fó cí zhí
Involved in the Epstein case, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Summers resigned from Harvard
与爱泼斯坦有牵连,美国前财长萨默斯将辞去哈佛教职
yǔ ài pō sī tǎn yǒu qiān lián , měi guó qián cái cháng sà mò sī jiāng cí qù hā fó jiào zhí
Involved with Epstein, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Summers will resign from Harvard University
春日新生疗愈之始:颂萨私人岛屿“Saraan Sanctuar...
chūn rì xīn shēng liáo yù zhī shǐ : sòng sà sī rén dǎo yǔ S a r a a n S a n c t u a r . . .
The beginning of spring rebirth healing: Saraan Sanctuar...
台商境外布局注意!萨摩亚移出欧盟税务不合作黑名单、越南因资讯...
tái shāng jìng wài bù jú zhù yì ! sà mó yà yí chū ōu méng shuì wù bù gě zuò hēi míng dān , yuè nán yīn zī xùn . . .
Pay attention to the overseas layout of Taiwanese businessmen! Samoa moved out of the EU tax non-cooperation blacklist, Vietnam because of information...
“五角大厦披萨指数”被紧盯!美防长笑点这家店:我要订一...
wǔ jiǎo dà xià pī sà zhǐ shǔ bèi jǐn dīng ! měi fáng cháng xiào diǎn zhè jiā diàn : wǒ yāo dìng yī . . .
The "Pentagon Pizza Index" is being watched! The U.S. Secretary of Defense laughed at this store: I want to order a...
佛罗伦萨是意大利最美丽的城市。
Fóluólúnsà shì Yìdàlì zuì měilì de chéngshì.
Florence is the most beautiful city in Italy.
我住在哈萨克斯坦。
Wǒ zhù zài Hāsàkèsītǎn.
I live in Kazakhstan.
汤姆吃了一片比萨饼。
Tāngmǔ chī le yī piàn bǐsàbǐng.
Tom ate a slice of pizza.
萨米非常讨厌蕾拉。
Sà mǐ fēicháng tǎoyàn lěi lā.
Sami hates Layla so much.
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