Chinese Word: 筛 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

筛 (Trad.: 篩)HSK 6

Pinyin: shāi

English Definition: to filter; to sift; to sieve

Chinese Definition:
①用竹子或金属等做成的一种有孔的器具，可以把细东西漏下去，粗的留下，称“筛子”。
②用筛子过东西：筛米。筛析。筛选。
③斟酒，热酒：筛酒。
④敲：筛锣。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 竹

Pictophonetic:师 indicates the sound; ⺮ (bamboo) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- ⺮ [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
- 师 [ shī ] teacher, professional, master

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筛选HSK 6	shāi xuǎn	to filter
筛糠	shāi kāng	to sift chaff; (fig.) to shake all over
筛子	shāi zi	sieve; Classifiers: 面
筛查	shāi chá	screening (medicine)
筛骨	shāi gǔ	ethmoid bone (cheek)

1		tā 他 de 的 rì cháng 日常 gōng zuò 工作 shì 是 yòng lì 用力 shāi 筛 méi 煤。 His routine work is to rub the coal through a sieve.
2		gāi 该 wǎng zhàn 网站 dìng qī 定期 duì 对 fā tiě 发帖 nèi róng 内容 jìn xíng 进行 jiān cè 监测 hé 和 shāi xuǎn 筛选。 The website conducts regular monitoring and filtering of posted content.
3		tā 她 jīng guò 经过 yán gé 严格 de 的 shāi xuǎn 筛选 bèi 被 pái chú 排除 zài 在 hòu xuǎn 候选 míng dān 名单 zhī wài 之外。 She was excluded from the candidate list after a rigorous screening process.