散沙

Chinese

		adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
trad. (散沙)		散	沙
simp. #(散沙)		散	沙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎnshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˇ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan² saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎnshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˇ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎnsha
    • Wade–Giles: san³-sha¹
    • Yale: sǎn-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saansha
    • Palladius: саньша (sanʹša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan² saa¹
    • Yale: sáan sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan² saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san² sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³⁵ saː⁵⁵/

Noun

散沙

1. scattered sand
2. (figurative) disunity; incohesiveness

Derived terms

• 一盤散沙 / 一盘散沙 (yīpánsǎnshā)