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流沙

流沙

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	granule; hoarse; raspy granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
simp. and trad. (流沙)		流	沙

Noun

流沙

quicksand

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): liúshā

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ saa¹
Min Nan (POJ): liû-soa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: liúshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liousha
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂa̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ saa¹
  - Yale: làuh sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ saa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-soa
  - Tâi-lô: liû-sua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liusoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² sua³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ sua⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ sua⁴⁴/