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- sandbag
- punching bag (trad. filled with sand)
- sand dune
- footbag; hacky sack
- La Salle (used in the names of schools etc)
- Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651-1719), French priest, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
- (loanword) sarsaparilla (carbonated soft drink)
- (HK) (loanword) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
- Baisha (common place name)
- Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
- Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
Trad. 沙灣
- Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan
- Shawan county or Saven nahisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Trad. 沙發
- sofa (loanword)
- CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]
- (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
- quicksand
- (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard); lava
Trad. 沙盤
- sand table (military)
- 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc)
- sand tray (on which to write characters)
Trad. 沙蠶
- genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
- Chuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[Pu3 dong1 xin1 qu1], Shanghai
Trad. 沙門
- monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India)
- Buddhist monk
- Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Trad. 沙丘鶴
- (bird species of China) sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
Trad. 沙坡頭
- Shapo district of Zhongwei city 中衛市|中卫市[Zhong1 wei4 shi4], Ningxia
Trad. 沙威瑪
- shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
- "Sha Family's Creek", a Beijing opera classified as model theater 樣板戲|样板戏[yang4 ban3 xi4]
Trad. 沙市區
- Shashi, a district of Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei
Trad. 沙悟淨
- Sha Wujing, aka Friar Sand or Sandy, one of the three disciples of the Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang in "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 ji4]
Trad. 沙撈越
- Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
Trad. 孤沙錐
- (bird species of China) solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
- Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze River 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] in southwestern China
Trad. 金沙縣
- Jinsha, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou
Trad. 金沙薩
- Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Trad. 金沙鎮
- Chinsha town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[Jin1 men2 xian4] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
- Shahe, a county-level city in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei
- Sansha, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3]
- Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution
Trad. 沙洋縣
- Shayang, a county in Jingmen City 荊門市|荆门市[Jing1 men2 Shi4], Hubei
Trad. 沙灣區
- Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan
Trad. 白沙鄉
- Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
- Yéngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Trad. 沙琪瑪
- sachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed together, then cut into blocks
Trad. 沙瓦瑪
- shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)
Trad. 南沙區
- Nansha, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
- Nansha, a district of Sansha City 三沙市[San1 sha1 Shi4], Hainan
- salted egg custard bun; lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum)
Trad. 沙縣區
- Shaxian, a district of Sanming City 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4], Fujian
Trad. 押沙龍
- Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament)
Trad. 林沙錐
- (bird species of China) wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)
Trad. 沙雅縣
- Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Trad. 輸沙量
- quantity of sand (transported by a river)
- sediment content
Trad. 長沙市
- Changsha, prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
Trad. 長沙縣
- Changsha, a county in Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan
Trad. 龍沙區
- Longsha, a district of Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 西沙區
- Xisha, a district of Sansha City 三沙市[San1 sha1 Shi4], Hainan
- Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)
- Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tw)
Trad. 摻沙子
- to mix in some sand (e.g. when making concrete)
- (fig.) to place outsiders into a monolithic group (to infiltrate or disrupt it etc)
- Dasha River (the name of rivers in various parts of China)
Trad. 大沙錐
- (bird species of China) Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)
- to restrict access to a sandy area to promote natural forest regeneration
Trad. 鐵嘴沙鴴
- (bird species of China) greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
- salbutamol (a beta 2 agonist used in treating asthma)
- also known as albuterol, proventil and ventolin
- Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
Trad. 曼珠沙華
- red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
- Sanskrit mañjusaka
- cluster amaryllis
Trad. 沙坡頭區
- Shapo district of Zhongwei city 中衛市|中卫市[Zhong1 wei4 shi4], Ningxia
Trad. 沙坪壩區
- Shapingba, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
Trad. 針尾沙錐
- (bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
Trad. 沙河口區
- Shahekou district of Dalian 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 shi4], Liaoning
Trad. 防風固沙
- sand break (in desert environment)