厦 (shà): (bound form) tall building, mansion, (bound form) rear annex, lean-to, abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门, Fujian
厦 (shà) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) tall building.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 厂 (semantic) and 夏 (phonetic). It ranks #2208 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 厦 building. Its radical form 厂 (cliff) appears in many related characters such as 原 (yuán, former), 厂 (chǎng, factory), 历 (lì, to experience).
Definitions
- (bound form) tall building
- mansion
- (bound form) rear annex
- lean-to
- abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门, Fujian
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 厦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 大厦noun | dà shà | (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State B... | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高楼大厦phrase | gāo lóu dà shà | tall building |
| 摩天大厦noun | mó tiān dà shà | skyscraper |
| 厦门proper-noun | xià mén | see 廈門市|厦门市 |
| 大厦将倾phrase | dà shà jiāng qīng | great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom) |
| 国会大厦proper-noun | guó huì dà shà | capitol |
| 厦门大学 | xià mén dà xué | Xiamen University |
| 机场大厦 | jī chǎng dà shà | airport terminal |
| 帝国大厦proper-noun | dì guó dà shà | Empire State Building (New York City) |
| 多层大厦 | duō céng dà shà | multistory building |
| 纽约帝国大厦 | niǔ yuē dì guó dà shà | Empire State Building |
| 五角大厦proper-noun | wǔ jiǎo dà shà | (Tw) the Pentagon |
| 购物大厦 | gòu wù dà shà | shopping mall |
| 厦门市 | xià mén shì | Xiamen, sub-provincial city in Fujian Province 福建省 |
| 世贸大厦 | shì mào dà shà | World Trade Center |
| 金茂大厦 | jīn mào dà shà | Jin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai |
厦 appears in 19 compound words: 16 as the first character, 79 as the last, and 5 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 厦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
厦字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
xià zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "厦" has different usages in different contexts.
厦门男科预约留电话安全吗?留错号码小心“连...
xià mén nán kē yù yuē liú diàn huà ān quán ma ? liú cuò hào mǎ xiǎo xīn lián . . .
Is it safe to make an appointment with an andrology in Xiamen? Be careful to leave the wrong number "Even...
大乌龙!五角大厦动用“高能雷射”击落国土安全部无人机
dà wū lóng ! wǔ jiǎo dà xià dòng yòng gāo néng léi shè jī luò guó tǔ ān quán bù wú rén jī
Big oolong! The Pentagon used a "high-energy laser" to shoot down a DHS drone
五角大厦向波音和洛克希德马丁询问对Anthrop...
wǔ jiǎo dà xià xiàng bō yīn hé 洛 kè xī dé mǎ dīng xún wèn duì A n t h r o p . . .
The Pentagon asked Boeing and Lockheed Martin about the Anthrop...
“五角大厦披萨指数”被紧盯!美防长笑点这家店:我要...
wǔ jiǎo dà xià pī sà zhǐ shǔ bèi jǐn dīng ! měi fáng cháng xiào diǎn zhè jiā diàn : wǒ yāo . . .
The "Pentagon Pizza Index" is being watched! The U.S. Secretary of Defense laughed at this store: I want...
突发:一男子手持霰弹枪冲向美国国会大厦
tū fā : yī nán zǐ shǒu chí 霰 dàn qiāng chōng xiàng měi guó guó huì dà xià
Suddenly: A man rushes to the U.S. Capitol with a shotgun
那座大厦天台的景色很美的，想去看看嗎？
Nà zuò dàshà tiāntái de jǐngsè hěn měi de, xiǎng qù kànkan ma?
There's a great view from the rooftop of that building. Want to go see?
你看，那边正在冒烟，那栋大厦一定是失火了。
Nǐ kàn, nàbian zhèngzài màoyān, nà dòng dàshà yīdìng shì shīhuǒ le.
Look at that smoke. That building must be on fire.
摩天大厦里的电梯是至关重要的。
Mótiāndàshà lǐ de diàntī shì zhìguānzhòngyào de.
The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems.
纽约充满着高楼大厦。
Niǔyuē chōngmǎn zhe gāolóudàshà.
New York bristles with towering buildings.
Character Family
厂 Radical Family — Characters sharing the cliff radical
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