沙发 shāfā▶ Sofá

Stroke order

沙发 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 沙 — 7 strokes
• 发 — 5 strokes

Example sentences

• 他坐在沙发上看电视。Tā zuò zài shāfā shàng kàn diànshì.He sits on the sofa watching television.
• 这个沙发很舒服。Zhège shāfā hěn shūfu.This sofa is very comfortable.

Related words

• 出发Partir; exponer
• 发展Desarrollo
• 发生Suceder, ocurrir
• 理发Corte de pelo
• 发enviar
• 发愁Estar preocupado

沙发 is pronounced shāfā and means “Sofá”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 沙发 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.