# 沙子 (shāzi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 沙子 (shāzi) means “sand; grit”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: sand; grit
- Pinyin: shāzi (sha1 zi5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- Measure word: 粒、把

## Examples

- 我的鞋子里进了沙子。
  Wǒ de xiézi lǐ jìn le shāzi.
  Some sand got into my shoes.

## Characters

- 沙 (shā): granule; hoarse
- [子](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-noun-suffix/) (zi): (suffix) noun suffix; child

https://hanziro.com/word/sha-zi-sand/

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