Usage of the character 紗
shā
纱
[紗]
- cotton yarn
- muslin
shāchuāng
纱窗
[紗窗]
- screen window
shālóng
纱笼
[紗籠]
- sarong (loanword)
wěishā
纬纱
[緯紗]
- woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
- weft
báoshā
薄纱
[薄紗]
- gauze (cloth)
shābù
纱布
[紗布]
- gauze
máshā
麻纱
[麻紗]
- linen or cotton fabric
jīngshā
经纱
[經紗]
- warp (vertical thread in weaving)
tóushā
头纱
[頭紗]
- wedding veil
- gauze headscarf or veil
shālì
纱丽
[紗麗]
- sari (loanword)
huànshā
浣纱
[浣紗]
- to wash silk
miànshā
面纱
[面紗]
- veil
hūnshā
婚纱
[婚紗]
- wedding dress
- CL:身 (shēn)
fǎngshā
纺纱
[紡紗]
- to spin (cotton, wool etc)
- spinning
shāzhàn
纱绽
[紗綻]
- spindle
miánshā
棉纱
[棉紗]
- cotton yarn
shāzhī
纱支
[紗支]
- (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn)
- (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count)
hēishā
黑纱
[黑紗]
- black armband
bìshā
臂纱
[臂紗]
- armband
bìngshā
并纱
[併紗]
- doubling (combining two or more lengths of yarn into a single thread)
guǎnshā
管纱
[管紗]
- cop (textiles)
shāxiàn
纱线
[紗線]
- yarn
shāmào
纱帽
[紗帽]
- gauze hat
- (fig.) job as an official
shāchǎng
纱厂
[紗廠]
- cotton mill
- textile factory
qīngshā
轻纱
[輕紗]
- light muslin
- gauze
Huànshājì
浣纱记
[浣紗記]
- Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚／梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋／吴越春秋, a popular opera subject
pàopàoshā
泡泡纱
[泡泡紗]
- seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)
wūshāmào
乌纱帽
[烏紗帽]
- black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position)
- (fig.) official post
shābùkǒuzhào
纱布口罩
[紗布口罩]
- gauze mask
diūwūshāmào
丢乌纱帽
[丟烏紗帽]
- lit. to lose one's black hat
- to be sacked from an official post
tòumíngyìngshā
透明硬纱
[透明硬紗]
- organza (fabric)
hūnshāshèyǐng
婚纱摄影
[婚紗攝影]
- wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)