shāi

Traditional:

筛 (shāi) is a Chinese word meaning “(bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection”.

Meanings

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

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