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沙子
沙
子
shā
zi
noun
HSK 3
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“Sand” in Chinese is
沙子
(
shā
zi
).
01
Meaning
sand
grit
02
Example
我吃了沙子。
I ate sand.
Example sentence from
Tatoeba
(CC BY 2.0).
04
Characters
沙
shā
HSK 3
7 strokes
granule
↗
子
zǐ
HSK 1
3 strokes
son
↗
04
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