# 沙发 (shāfā)

In Mandarin Chinese, 沙发 (shāfā) means “sofa”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: sofa
- Pinyin: shāfā (sha1 fa1)
- Traditional: 沙發
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 客厅里的沙发坐起来很舒服。
  Kètīng lǐ de shāfā zuò qǐlái hěn shūfu.
  The sofa in the living room is very comfortable to sit on.

## Characters

- 沙 (shā): granule; hoarse
- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue

https://hanziro.com/word/sha-fa-sofa/

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