流沙

See also: 流砂

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
trad. (流沙)		流	沙
simp. #(流沙)		流	沙

流沙 (sense 1)

流沙 (sense 2)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ saa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-sa / liû-soa / liû-see

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióusha
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-sha¹
    • Yale: lyóu-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liousha
    • Palladius: люша (ljuša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ saa¹
    • Yale: làuh sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ saː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-sa
    • Tâi-lô: liû-sa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liusaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² sa³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² sa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-soa
    • Tâi-lô: liû-sua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liusoaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ sua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-see
    • Tâi-lô: liû-see
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² sɛ⁴⁴/

Noun

流沙

1. loose sand in a desert; sand forming dunes
   1. (archaic) erg; sand sea
2. quicksand; wet sand that things readily sink in

Synonyms

• (desert):

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• 沙幕 (shāmù) (literary)
• 沙漠 (shāmò)
• 沙窩子／沙窝子 (shāwōzi) (Ürümqi)
• 荒漠 (huāngmò)

 

• (erg): 沙漠 (shāmò)

Derived terms

• 流沙包 (liúshābāo)