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桑拿

sāngná

sauna

Two people relax in a sauna cabin, with a water bucket nearby
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Characters in this word

桑 sāng

Strokes
10
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
叒 obedient 木 tree
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 桑

拿 ná

Strokes
10
Radical
手 — hand
Made of
合 to combine, to join, to unite 手 hand
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 酒店宣传中强调北欧式桑拿体验,但实际设施维护得并不理想。 Jiǔdiàn xuānchuán zhōng qiángdiào Běi'ōu shì sāngná tǐyàn, dàn shíjì shèshī wéihù de bìng bù lǐxiǎng. The hotel advertising emphasised a Nordic-style sauna experience, but the actual facilities were not maintained very well.
  • 这家健身房的桑拿每天开放到晚上十点。 Zhè jiā jiànshēnfáng de sāngná měitiān kāifàng dào wǎnshang shídiǎn. The sauna at this gym is open every day until ten at night.
  • 冬天泡完温泉再洗桑拿,浑身都很放松。 Dōngtiān pàowán wēnquán zài xǐ sāngná, húnshēn dōu hěn fàngsōng. In winter, soaking in a hot spring and then taking a sauna relaxes the whole body.

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