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	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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúshā

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

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

loose sand in a desert; sand forming dunes
1. (archaic) erg; sand sea
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)

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