撒 sǎ
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 散 to scatter, to disperse, to break up
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
撒谎
sāhuǎng
to lie; to tell lies
Characters in this word
谎 huǎng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 荒 wasteland, desert
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对审计人员的追问，他继续撒谎，最终让公司承担了更严重的法律后果。 Miànduì shěnjì rényuán de zhuīwèn, tā jìxù sāhuǎng, zuìzhōng ràng gōngsī chéngdān le gèng yánzhòng de fǎlǜ hòuguǒ. Facing the auditors' follow-up questions, he kept lying, eventually causing the company to bear more serious legal consequences.
- 小孩子有时候撒谎只是因为害怕被批评。 Xiǎoháizi yǒushíhou sāhuǎng zhǐshì yīnwèi hàipà bèi pīpíng. Sometimes children lie simply because they are afraid of being criticized.
- 别撒谎了，把事情的真实情况告诉大家吧。 Bié sāhuǎng le, bǎ shìqing de zhēnshí qíngkuàng gàosu dàjiā ba. Stop lying and tell everyone what really happened.
Related words
- 撒 sǎ to sprinkle
- 撒 sā to scatter; to sprinkle
- 谎话 huǎnghuà lie; falsehood
- 谎言 huǎngyán lie; false statement
- 说谎 shuōhuǎng to lie; to tell a lie
- 借口 jièkǒu excuse; pretext
- 实话实说 shíhuàshíshuō to tell the truth frankly
- 劝告 quàngào to advise; advice
- 劝说 quànshuō to persuade
- 劝阻 quànzǔ to dissuade; to advise against
- 恳求 kěnqiú to plead; to implore
- 乞求 qǐqiú to beg; to implore