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晒

shài

to dry in the sun

A person sunning near drying cloth
Memory picture

Character

晒 shài

Strokes
10
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
日 sun 西 west, western, westward
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 晒太阳吧。 Shài tàiyáng ba. Let us sit in the sun.
  • 我晒衣服。 Wǒ shài yīfu. I dry clothes in the sun.
  • 别晒太久。 Bié shài tài jiǔ. Do not stay in the sun too long.

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