沙灘

See also: 沙滩

Chinese

		sand(y) powder(y)	beach shoal
trad. (沙灘)		沙	灘
simp. (沙滩)		沙	滩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shātān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄊㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹ taan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sâ-thân

(Meixian, Guangdong): sa¹ tan¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): soa-thoaⁿ / soa-than

(Teochew, Peng'im): sua¹ tuan¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹so-the
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sa¹ tan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shātān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄊㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shatan
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-tʻan¹
  - Yale: shā-tān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shatan
  - Palladius: шатань (šatanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ tʰän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa¹ taan¹
  - Yale: sā tāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹ taan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa¹ tan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵ tʰaːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâ-thân
  - Hakka Romanization System: sa^ˊ tan^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sa¹ tan¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sa²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰan²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sa¹ tan¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sa⁴⁴ tʰan⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-thoaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: sua-thuann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soa'tvoaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sua³³ tʰuã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² tʰuã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰuã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-than
  - Tâi-lô: sua-than
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soa'tafn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sua¹ tuan¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sua thuaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sua³³⁻²³ tʰũã³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹so-the
  - MiniDict: so^平 the
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹so-the
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /so⁵⁵ tʰe²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sa¹ tan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa̠³³ tʰan³³/

Noun

沙灘

beach (sandy, on a river, lake or coast); sandy shore

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 沙灘 (“beach; sandy shore”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		沙灘
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	沙灘
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	沙灘
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	沙灘
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	沙灘
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	沙灘
	Xining	沙灘
	Xuzhou	沙灘
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	沙灘
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	沙灘
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	沙灘, 沙壩, 沙壩壩
	Wuhan	沙灘
	Guiyang	沙灘
	Liuzhou	沙灘, 河灘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	沙灘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	沙灘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	沙灘
	Hong Kong	沙灘
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	沙攔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	沙壩
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	沙壩
	Dongguan	沙灘
Gan	Lichuan	沙灘
Gan	Pingxiang	沙灘
Hakka	Meixian	沙灘, 沙壩
	Xingning	沙壩
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	沙壩
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	沙壩, 沙灘
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	沙壩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	沙壩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	沙灘
	Wengyuan	沙壩
	Liannan	沙壩
	Jiexi	沙壩
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	沙壩
	Changting	沙壩
	Wuping (Yanqian)	沙壩
	Ninghua	壩
	Ningdu	沙灘
	Tonggu (Sandu)	沙壩
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	沙壩
	Dayu	沙灘
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	沙灘, 沙壩
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	沙灘, 沙壩
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	沙灘, 沙壩
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	沙灘, 沙壩
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	沙灘, 沙壩
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	沙坪
	Hong Kong	沙壩
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	沙灘
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	沙灘
	Xinyi (Sihe)	沙壩
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	沙壩
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	沙灘
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	沙灘
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	沙灘
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	沙灘, 河壩
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	沙壩
	Mengshan (Xihe)	沙灘
	Luchuan	沙壩
Jin	Taiyuan	沙灘
Jin	Xinzhou	沙灘兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	沙陂, 沙洋
Southern Min	Xiamen	沙坡
	Quanzhou	沙埔, 溪沙埔 beside a river
	Zhangzhou	沙坡, 溪沙埔 beside a river, 溪沙坡 beside a river
	Zhao'an	沙灘
	Haikou	沙灘
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	沙灘
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	沙灘
	Suzhou	沙灘
	Danyang	沙灘
	Hangzhou	沙灘
	Ningbo	沙灘
	Wenzhou	沙灘
Xiang	Changsha	沙灘

(used chiefly in place names) 壩／坝 (bà), (on a coast) 海灘／海滩 (hǎitān)

Derived terms

沙灘排球／沙滩排球 (shātān páiqiú)
沙灘毛巾／沙滩毛巾 (shātān máojīn)
沙灘車／沙滩车 (shātānchē)