筛

Traditional (Taiwan): 篩

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

shāi ㄕㄞ

    • a sieve

      bound form

    • to sieve to sift to filter
    • to eliminate through selection
    • to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water)
    • to pour (wine or tea)
    • to strike (a gong)

      dialect

Classifiers (measure words)

筛 itself can also be a classifier

Other words read shāi

shai with other tones

  • 色 shǎi color
  • 晒 shài shine on

Near homophones of shai

  • 塞 sāi plug
  • 赛 sài compete
  • 腮 sāi cheek
  • 鳃 sāi gills of fish
  • 揌 sāi shake

The stroke order and parts of 筛

    部首 radical
    ⺮ a form of 竹
    笔画 strokes
    12, with 6 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    ⺮师
    形旁 meaning
    ⺮
    声旁 sound
    师
    Practise writing 筛

    Trace 筛, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Writing drills that include 筛: HSK 6 vocabulary, part 30: writing drill 4 of 4, HSK 7-9 vocabulary, part 62: writing drill 1 of 3, Illness and doctors: HSK 7-9, part 2: writing drill 8 of 8.

    Words with 筛

    Starting with 筛

    All 9 words starting with 筛

    Ending with 筛

    • 分子筛 fēnzǐshāi molecular sieve
    • 过筛 guòshāi sift
    • 快筛 kuàishāi rapid diagnostic test (RDT), abbr. for 快速筛检 kuàisùshāijiǎn
    • 格筛 géshāi grizzly

    Containing 筛

    • 快速筛检 kuàisùshāijiǎn rapid diagnostic test (RDT), abbr. to 快筛 kuàishāi

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