筛 meaning in English

shāi

(bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 篩12 strokes

Meaning of 筛

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shāi
  1. (bound form) a sieve
  2. to sieve; to sift; to filter
  3. to eliminate through selection
  4. to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water)
  5. to pour (wine or tea)
  6. (dialect) to strike (a gong)

筛 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

快kuài筛shāi虽suī然rán方fāng便biàn,但dàn仍réng有yǒu伪wěi阳yáng性xìng或huò伪wěi阴yīn性xìng的de可kě能néng,不bù能néng完wán全quán取qǔ代dài PCR 检jiǎn测cè。
Rapid tests are convenient, but there is still a possibility of false positives or false negatives, and they cannot fully replace PCR testing.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

筛 shāi · a sieve · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 筛.

筛选shāixuǎnto filter

Questions about 筛

What does 筛 mean?

筛 (shāi) means "(bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 筛?

筛 is made of 1 character: 筛 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 筛 an HSK word?

Yes. 筛 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 筛 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 筛 is written 篩.