HSK 5 · Verbs

洒 sǎ “to sprinkle” in Chinese

Traditional 灑

What 洒 means

  1. to sprinkle
  2. to spray
  3. to spill
  4. to shed

How to say 洒

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale洒sǎ3rd tone, dipping

洒 in a sentence

  1. 我在鱼上洒盐和胡椒作调味。

    Wǒ zài yú shàng sǎ yán hé hújiāo zuò tiáowèi.

    I sprinkled salt and pepper on the fish to season it.

    Sentence #1223810 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 在伤口上洒盐。

    Zài shāngkǒu shàng sǎ yán.

    Sprinkling salt on the wound.

    Sentence #897283 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 洒 can also mean “to spill”

    谁把汽水洒了？

    Shéi bǎ qìshuǐ sǎ le?

    Who spilt the soft drink?

    Sentence #13549600 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 洒 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 洒 (sǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
洒sǎto sprinkle
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 西west · xīSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 西 (xī) hints at the sound. Compare it with sǎ.

How to write 洒

洒 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

洒 (sǎ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 洒 (sǎ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 洒

Words with 洒

潇洒xiāosǎ · free and easy

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FAQs

洒 (sǎ) means “to sprinkle” or “to spray”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it sǎ: sǎ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 洒 is written 灑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 洒 from the suggestions. Typing sa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
洒 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.