沙子 shā zi sand / grit / CL:粒[li4],把[ba3] syn 沙袋 shā dài sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) syn 果实 果實 guǒ shí fruit (produced by a plant) / (fig.) fruits (of success etc) / results / gains syn 沙丘 shā qiū sand dune / sandy hill syn 沙包 shā bāo sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) / sand dune / footbag / hacky sack syn 沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn 沙地 shā dì sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land syn 沙坑 shā kēng sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf) 国产 國產 guó chǎn domestically produced syn 沙砾 沙礫 shā lì grains of sand syn 砂石 shā shí sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate syn 掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn ěr dào líng lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) syn 沙尘 沙塵 shā chén airborne sand and dust 海产 海產 hǎi chǎn marine / produced in sea syn 土产 土產 tǔ chǎn produced locally / local product (with distinctive native features) syn 风沙 風沙 fēng shā sand blown by wind / sandstorm 细沙 細沙 xì shā fine sand 沙石 shā shí sand and stones 捷达 捷達 jié dá Jetta (car produced by Volkswagen) 砂子 shā zi sand syn 出品 chū pǐn to produce an item / output / items that are produced syn 品相 pǐn xiàng condition / physical appearance (of a museum piece, item of food produced by a chef, postage stamp etc) 国货 國貨 guó huò domestically produced goods syn 未找到 wèi zhǎo dào could not find / search for ... produced no results 磨砂 mó shā to scrub with an abrasive / to sand / frosted (e.g. glass) 普洱茶 pǔ ěr chá Pu'er tea, a type of black tea produced in the Pu'er region of southwestern Yunnan 沙漏 shā lòu hourglass / sand filter 沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters) syn 沙粒 shā lì grain of sand 茅台酒 茅臺酒 máo tái jiǔ maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou) / CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2] 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 商品粮 商品糧 shāng pǐn liáng commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency) 样板戏 樣板戲 yàng bǎn xì model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution) 骨料 gǔ liào aggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土) 沙雕 沙鵰 shā diāo sand sculpture 泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle syn 沙 shā granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia syn 茬 chá stubble (crop residue) / stubble (hair growth) / classifier for a batch of sth produced during a particular cycle: a crop / sth just said or mentioned syn 砂 shā sand / gravel / granule / variant of 沙[sha1] syn 射影 shè yǐng (geometry) projection / (Chinese mythology) creature that spits sand to make people ill 聚沙成塔 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 散沙 sǎn shā scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization 恒河沙数 恆河沙數 héng hé shā shù countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom) syn 油砂 yóu shā oil sand (mining) 鲫 鯽 jì bastard carp / sand perch syn 一盘散沙 一盤散沙 yī pán sǎn shā lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom) syn 含沙量 hán shā liàng sand content / quantity of sediment (carried by a river) 鸵鸟政策 鴕鳥政策 tuó niǎo zhèng cè ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger) 漏脯充饥 漏脯充飢 lòu fǔ chōng jī to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) 画荻教子 畫荻教子 huà dí jiào zǐ to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education 海砂 hǎi shā sea sand (sand of the ocean floor or seashore) 熰 ǒu copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 仁丹 rén dān Jintan mouth refresher lozenge, produced by Morishita Jintan company from 1905 前鼻音 qián bí yīn alveolar nasal / consonant n produced in the nose with the tongue against the alveolar ridge 平舌音 píng shé yīn alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge 后鼻音 後鼻音 hòu bí yīn velar nasal / consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate 方物 fāng wù produced locally / local product (with distinctive native features) 曼妥思 màn tuǒ sī Mentos, a brand of candy produced by European company Perfetti Van Melle 沤肥 漚肥 òu féi to make fertilizer by steeping organic materials in water and leaving them to decompose / fertilizer produced by this method 滤饼 濾餅 lǜ bǐng filtrate / solid residue produced by a filter / mud from filtering can sugar 生技医药 生技醫藥 shēng jì yī yào biopharmaceutical / drug produced by biotechnology 舌尖前音 shé jiān qián yīn alveolar / consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge 舌尖音 shé jiān yīn apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t) 风成 風成 fēng chéng produced by wind / eolian 采出水 produced water 拍客 pāi kè citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web) 碎钻 碎鑽 suì zuàn small diamonds / melee (small diamonds used in embellishing mountings for larger gems) / splints (sharp-pointed diamond splinters) / clatersal (small diamond splints from which diamond powder is produced by crushing) 布伦轻机枪 布倫輕機槍 bù lún qīng jī qiāng Bren gun, British light machine gun first produced in 1937 蛋炒饭节 蛋炒飯節 dàn chǎo fàn jié Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.) 𠙶 ǒu (name of a mountain) / copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood / half alight / to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects 计酬 計酬 jì chóu to calculate the payment for the work sb has done (based on hours completed or items produced etc) 辘辘 轆轆 lù lù (onom.) rumbling noise (produced by wheels rolling, one's stomach etc) syn 风筝 風箏 fēng zheng kite (Etymology: Kites with bamboo whistles attached produced musical sounds when flown.) syn 高接梨 gāo jiē lí (Tw) high-grafted pear (a variety of Asian pear grown in Taiwan, produced by grafting scions from high-altitude or high-latitude regions onto local rootstocks, adapting them to Taiwan's subtropical climate) 井盐 井鹽 jǐng yán salt produced by evaporating brine drawn from wells 闭目塞听 閉目塞聽 bì mù sè tīng to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand syn 三合土 sān hé tǔ traditional Chinese building material made by mixing three components (typically lime, clay, and sand) syn 采砂场 採砂場 cǎi shā chǎng sandpit / sand quarry 沙坑杆 沙坑桿 shā kēng gān sand wedge (golf) 沙坝 沙壩 shā bà a sandbank / a sand bar 沙画 沙畫 shā huà sand picture 流动性大沙漠 流動性大沙漠 liú dòng xìng dà shā mò shifting sand dunes 海砂屋 hǎi shā wū house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand 滤砂 濾砂 lǜ shā filter sand 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 玻璃砂 bō li shā siliceous sand (geology) 硅沙 guī shā silicon sand 输沙量 輸沙量 shū shā liàng quantity of sand (transported by a river) / sediment content 锆英砂 鋯英砂 gào yīng shā zircon sand (zirconium ore) 防风固沙 防風固沙 fáng fēng gù shā sand break (in desert environment) 铁嘴沙鸻 鐵嘴沙鴴 tiě zuǐ shā héng (bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) 白蛉 bái líng sand fly 沙盘推演 沙盤推演 shā pán tuī yǎn to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run 崖沙燕 yá shā yàn (bird species of China) sand martin (Riparia riparia) 蒙古沙鸻 蒙古沙鴴 měng gǔ shā héng (bird species of China) Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) 虾线 蝦線 xiā xiàn digestive tract of a shrimp / sand vein 浮尘 浮塵 fú chén dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm syn 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat 亚洲梨 亞洲梨 yà zhōu lí Asian pear / sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) 