沙漠

Chinese
 
granule; hoarse; raspy
granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
 desert; unconcerned
trad. (沙漠) 沙 漠
simp. #(沙漠) 沙 漠
alternative forms 砂漠
沙幕

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 沙 漠
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 麻 (98) 唐 (103)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 所加切 慕各切
Baxter srae mak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʃˠa/ /mɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʃᵚa/ /mɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʃa/ /mɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʂaɨ/ /mak̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʃa/ /mɑk̚/
Wang
Li		 /ʃa/ /mɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʂa/ /mɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shā mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 saa1 mok6

Noun

沙漠

  1. desert (barren area)
    戈壁沙漠  ―  gēbì shāmò  ―  Gobi Desert
    撒哈拉沙漠  ―  sǎhālā shāmò  ―  Sahara Desert
    文化沙漠  ―  wénhuà shāmò  ―  (figurative) a place without culture
    1. (specifically) erg; sand sea

Synonyms
  • (desert):
  • (erg): (archaic) 流沙 (liúshā)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (沙漠):
  • → Japanese: 砂(さ)漠(ばく) (sabaku)
  • → Korean: 사막(沙漠) (samak)
  • → Vietnamese: sa mạc (沙漠)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
沙 漠
さ
Grade: S		 ばく
Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Chinese /*ʂamɑk̚/ > Japanese /*sabaku/.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さばく [sàbákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠ba̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

沙(さ)漠(ばく) • (sabaku) 

  1. desert (barren area)

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
沙漠

Noun

沙漠 • (samak) (hangeul 사막)

  1. Hanja form? of 사막 (“desert (barren area)”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
沙漠

Noun

沙漠

  1. chữ Hán form of sa mạc (“desert (barren area)”).
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