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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 沙士

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
沙士 shā shì - (loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink)
- (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)

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
- - 51,847 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shā- surname Sha
shā- granule
- hoarse
- raspy
- sand
- powder
- CL:粒[li4]
- abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
shà- (dialect) to sift; to sieve
shì- surname Shi
shì- member of the senior ministerial class (old)
- scholar (old)
- bachelor
- honorific
- soldier
- noncommissioned officer
- specialist worker

Other Words Containing 沙士

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
沙士 - - 51,847 - -