晒 (shài): sunbathe, dry
晒 (shài) is a Chinese character meaning “sunbathe, dry.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 西 (phonetic). It ranks #2511 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 晒 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- sunbathe, dry
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晒太阳 | shài tài yáng | to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) |
| 防晒霜 | fáng shài shuāng | suntan lotion |
| 暴晒 | bào shài | (of the sun) to scorch |
| 曝晒 | pù shài | to expose to strong sunlight |
| 日晒雨淋 | rì shài yǔ lín | lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom) |
| 晒斑 | shài bān | sunburn spots (on skin) |
| 三天打鱼，两天晒网 | sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎng | lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) |
| 日晒伤 | rì shài shāng | sunburn |
| 风吹日晒 | fēng chuī rì shài | (idiom) to be exposed to the elements |
| 太阳晒屁股 | tài yáng shài pì gǔ | to have overslept |
| 防晒油 | fáng shài yóu | sunscreen |
| 晒干 | shài gān | to dry in the sun |
| 晒照 | shài zhào | (Internet slang) to post a photo of oneself online |
| 晒友 | shài yǒu | see 曬客|晒客[shai4 ke4] |
| 晒图 | shài tú | blueprint |
晒 appears in 26 compound words: 54 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 23 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 晒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
洗完衣服后记得把被子拿出去晒晒太阳。
Xǐ wán yīfu hòu jìde bǎ bèizi ná chūqu shài shài tàiyáng.
After washing clothes, remember to take the quilt out to sunbathe.
为什么在屋内也会晒黑?这些防晒盲区要注意
wéi shén má zài wū nèi yě huì shài hēi ? zhè xiē fáng shài máng qū yāo zhù yì
Why do you tan in the house too? Pay attention to these sunscreen blind spots
TVB视帝黄宗泽晒童年照吸引4千万人围观 6岁潮男Chok...
T V B shì dì huáng zōng zé shài tóng nián zhào xī yǐn 4 qiān wàn rén wéi guàn 6 suì cháo nán C h o k . . .
TVB TV emperor Huang Zongze posted childhood photos to attract 40 million onlookers 6-year-old trendy man Chok...
懒理陈佩琪酸“单身狗” 赖清德合体小英再晒毛小孩
lǎn lǐ chén pèi 琪 suān dān shēn gǒu lài qīng dé gě tǐ xiǎo yīng zài shài máo xiǎo hái
Lazy Chen Peiqi sour "single dog" Lai Qingde combined Xiaoying to dry the furry child again
上海开唱遭取消抹黑 滨崎步晒维尼帽反击
shàng hǎi kāi chàng zāo qǔ xiāo mā hēi bīn qí bù shài wéi ní mào fǎn jī
Shanghai's singing was canceled and smeared, and Hamasaki hit back with a vinnie hat
雷军晒本人AI拜年图并发文:今天初二,继续拜年...
léi jūn shài běn rén bài nián tú bìng fā wén jīn tiān chū èr , jì xù bài nián . . .
Lei Jun sun myself AI New Year's Day picture and text: today the second day of the year, continue to pay tribute to the New Year...
你能在我的背上涂些防晒霜吗？
Nǐ néng zài wǒ de bèi shàng tú xiē fángshàishuāng ma?
Can you put some suntan lotion on my back?
去阳台上晒晒太阳怎么样？
Qù yángtái shàng shài shàitàiyáng zěnmeyàng?
Why don't you go out on the balcony and get some sun?
起床了，太阳晒屁股了。
Qǐchuáng le, tàiyángshàipìgǔ le.
Get up. It's late.
他常常坐着晒太阳，什么也不做。
Tā chángcháng zuò zhe shàitàiyáng, shénme yě bù zuò.
He would sit in the sun doing nothing.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced shài
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