厦 (廈)
shà
Pinyin

Definition

厦 (廈)
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shà
  1. tall building
  2. mansion
  3. rear annex
  4. lean-to
  5. also pr. [xià]
厦 (廈)
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Xià
  1. abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xià mén], Fujian

Character Decomposition

Related Words (5)

大厦
dà shà
  1. 1 (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
厦门
Xià mén
  1. 1 Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xià]
厦门市
Xià mén shì
  1. 1 Xiamen, subprovincial city in Fujian
  2. 2 also known as Amoy
厦
Xià
  1. 1 abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xià mén], Fujian
金茂大厦
Jīn mào Dà shà
  1. 1 Jin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai

Idioms (1)

大厦将倾
dà shà jiāng qīng
  1. 1 great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation

Sample Sentences

我在厦门有面试。
wǒ zài Xiàmén yǒu miànshì 。
I have an interview in Xiamen.
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还行，我还蛮喜欢闻的。去年我在厦门的时候泡过，里面有很多中药温泉，像什么人参温泉啊，冬虫夏草温泉啊，大大小小几十个池子呢。每种温泉都有不同的疗效。
hái xíng ，wǒ hái mán xǐhuan wén de 。qùnián wǒ zài Xiàmén de shíhou pào guò ，lǐmiàn yǒu hěn duō zhōngyào wēnquán ，xiàng shénme rénshēn wēnquán a ，dōngchóngxiàcǎo wēnquán a ，dàdàxiǎoxiǎo jǐshí gè chízi ne 。měi zhǒng wēnquán dōu yǒu bùtóng de liáoxiào 。
It's okay. I really like the smell of it. Last year when I was in Xiamen I did it. They've got all kinds of TCM hot springs there like ginseng hot springs, cordyceps fungus hot springs, a bunch of pools of all sizes. Every kind of hot spring has different therapeutic effects.
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我要去厦门。机票多少钱？
wǒ yào qù Xiàmén 。jīpiào duōshǎo qián ？
I want to go to Xiamen. How much is a plane ticket?
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哇，到处都是高楼大厦！老公，快快快，我要跟东方明珠合个影。
wā ，dàochù dōu shì gāolóudàshà ！lǎogōng ，kuàikuàikuài ，wǒ yào gēn Dōngfāngmíngzhū hé ge yǐng 。
Wow, there're skyscrapers and big buildings everywhere! Honey, hurry up. I want to take a picture with the Oriental Pearl Tower.
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宝塔是金茂大厦，旁边那个开瓶器才是环球金融中心。
bǎotǎ shì Jīnmàodàshà ，pángbiān nà ge kāipíngqì cái shì Huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn 。
The pagoda one is the Jinmao Tower. The bottle opener one next to that is the Shanghai World Financial Center.
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金茂大厦还是算了吧。虽说金茂大厦号称世界第三高楼，可是毕竟国外高楼林立，到处是摩天大楼，不稀奇。东方明珠电视塔倒是可以带他去看看。这11个大小不一、高低错落的球体，从天空串落到草地上，还是很有特色的。
Jīnmàodàshà hái shì suànle ba 。suīshuō Jīnmàodàshà hàochēng shìjiè dì sān gāolóu ，kěshì bìjìng guówài gāolóu línlì ，dàochù shì mótiāndàlóu ，bù xīqí 。Dōngfāngmíngzhū diànshìtǎ dàoshì kěyǐ dài tā qù kànkan 。zhè shíyī ge dàxiǎo bùyī 、gāodī cuòluò de qiútǐ ，cóng tiānkōng chuànluò dào cǎodì shang ，háishì hěnyǒu tèsè de 。
Forget about the Jinmao Tower. Although the Jinmao Tower claims to be the third highest building in the world, there are a ton of skyscrapers in other countries, after all. Everywhere you go are skyscrapers. They're not rare at all. On the other hand, I could take him to see the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. It has eleven balls of different sizes. Their heights are staggered in a row leading from the heavens down to the Earth. It's really distinctive.
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那还不简单。去东方明珠和金茂大厦啊，这两个可是上海的标志性建筑。
nà hái bùjiǎndān 。qù Dōngfāngmíngzhū hé Jīnmàodàshà a ，zhè liǎng ge kěshì Shànghǎi de biāozhìxìng jiànzhù 。
It's not easy to say. Go to the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Jinmao Tower-- those two buildings are symbolic of Shanghai.
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我记得以前这里是田地。现在都是高楼大厦了。
wǒ jìde yǐqián zhèlǐ shì tiándì 。xiànzài dōu shì gāolóudàshà le 。
I remember this here used to be fields. Now it's all tall buildings.
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五个，除了深圳以外，还有珠海、厦门、汕头和海南。
wǔ ge ，chúle Shēnzhèn yǐwài ，hái yǒu Zhūhǎi 、Xiàmén 、Shàntóu hé Hǎinán 。
There are five. Besides Shenzhen, there is Zhuhai, Xiamen, Shantou, and Hainan.
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