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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 沙发
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 沙发 | shā fā | - sofa (loanword) - CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] - (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 2,580 | 5,087 | 3,027 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 沙 | shā | - surname Sha |
| 沙 | shā | - granule - hoarse - raspy - sand - powder - CL:粒[li4] - abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia |
| 沙 | shà | - (dialect) to sift; to sieve |
| 发 | fā | - to send out - to show (one's feeling) - to issue - to develop - to make a bundle of money - classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
| 发 | fà | - hair - Taiwan pr. [fa3] |