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晒

shài · shai

Traditional 曬

HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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shài 曬

  1. (of the sun) to shine on
  2. to bask in (the sunshine)
  3. to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun
  4. (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share")
  5. (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to

shài 晒

  1. variant of 曬 / 晒 (shài)
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Airing the quilts

  1. Liangliang

    今天(jīntiān)太阳(tàiyang)这么(zhème)好(hǎo)，我们(wǒmen)把(bǎ)被子(bèizi)拿出去(náchūqù)晒(shài)吧(ba)。

    The sun is so nice today. Let's put the quilts out to dry.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)还(hái)想(xiǎng)晒一晒(shàiyīshài)我的(wǒde)书(shū)。

    OK. I also want to dry my books.

  3. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)书(shū)为什么(wèishénme)要(yào)晒(shài)？

    Why do your books need sun?

  4. Dengdeng

    昨天(zuótiān)我(wǒ)把(bǎ)水(shuǐ)洒(sǎ)在(zài)书上(shūshàng)了(le)。

    Yesterday I spilled water on them.

  5. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，今天(jīntiān)什么(shénme)都(dōu)可以(kěyǐ)晒(shài)。

    OK. Today we can dry anything.

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2 examples
01

去(qù)阳(yáng)台(tái)上(shàng)晒(shài)晒(shài)太(tài)阳(yáng)怎(zěn)么(me)样(yàng)？

Why don't you go out on the balcony and get some sun?

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)把(bǎ)刚(gāng)洗(xǐ)好(hǎo)的(de)衣(yī)服(fu)拿(ná)到(dào)院(yuàn)子(zi)里(lǐ)晒(shài)。

She took the freshly washed clothes out to the yard to dry in the sun.

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