shāi
Radical 118 · 12 strokes

(bound form) a sieve

HSK 7 (3.0)6 meanings
MEANING6 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    (bound form) a sieve

    • This sieve is very old.

  2. verb

    to sieve; to sift; to filter

    • Please help me sift the flour.

  3. verb

    to eliminate through selection

    • We should filter out the bad things.

  4. verb

    to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water)

    • He warmed the wine by straining it.

  5. verb

    to pour (wine or tea)

    • Please pour me a cup of tea.

  6. verb

    (dialect) to strike (a gong)

    • He struck the gong once.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A bamboo (竹) sieve sounds like "teacher" (師) because it borrows the sound.

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