沙漠

Chinese

		granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar	desert; unconcerned
trad. (沙漠)		沙	漠
simp. #(沙漠)		沙	漠
alternative forms		砂漠 沙幕

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saa¹ mok⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sa¹ mok²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâ-mo̍k
• Eastern Min (BUC): să-mŏk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soa-bô͘ / see-bô͘ / soa-bo̍k / sa-bo̍k / sa-bô͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹so-moq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shamò
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-mo⁴
    • Yale: shā-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shamoh
    • Palladius: шамо (šamo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa¹ mok⁶
    • Yale: sā mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ mɔːk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sa¹ mok²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa³³ ᵐbɔk̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâ-mo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: sa´ mog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sa¹ mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /sa²⁴⁻¹¹ mok̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: să-mŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa⁵⁵ mouʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-bô͘
    • Tâi-lô: sua-bôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soa'boo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sua³³ bɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: see-bô͘
    • Tâi-lô: see-bôo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sua-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soa'bok
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: sa-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sa'bok
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-bô͘
    • Tâi-lô: sa-bôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sa'boo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹so-moq
    • MiniDict: so^平 moh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹so-moq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /so⁵⁵ moʔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: srae mak

Rime
Character	沙	漠
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	所加切	慕各切
Baxter	srae	mak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠa/	/mɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚa/	/mɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃa/	/mɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨ/	/mak̚/
Li Rong	/ʃa/	/mɑk̚/
Wang Li	/ʃa/	/mɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂa/	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shā	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saa1	mok6

Noun

沙漠

1. desert (barren area)

   戈壁沙漠  ―  gēbì shāmò  ―  Gobi Desert

   撒哈拉沙漠  ―  sǎhālā shāmò  ―  Sahara Desert

   文化沙漠  ―  wénhuà shāmò  ―  (figurative) a place without culture

   1. (specifically) erg; sand sea

Synonyms

• (desert):

• 沙幕 (shāmù) (literary)
• 沙窩子／沙窝子 (shāwōzi) (Ürümqi)
• 流沙 (liúshā)
• 荒漠 (huāngmò)

 

• (erg): (archaic) 流沙 (liúshā)

Derived terms

• 沙漠之舟 (shāmò zhī zhōu)
• 沙漠化 (shāmòhuà)
• 沙漠學／沙漠学 (shāmòxué)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (沙漠):

• → Japanese: 砂(さ)漠(ばく) (sabaku)
• → Korean: 사막(沙漠) (samak)
• → Vietnamese: sa mạc (沙漠)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沙	漠
さ Grade: S	ばく Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 砂(さ)漠(ばく) (sabaku)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese /*ʂamɑk̚/ > Japanese /*sabaku/.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さばく [sàbákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ba̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

沙(さ)漠(ばく) • (sabaku) 

1. desert (barren area)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
沙	漠

Noun

沙漠 • (samak) (hangeul 사막)

1. Hanja form^? of 사막 (“desert (barren area)”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
沙	漠

Noun

沙漠

1. chữ Hán form of sa mạc (“desert (barren area)”).