沙滩 shātān▶ playa

Stroke order

沙滩 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 沙 — 7 strokes
• 滩 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. beach
2. sandy shore

Related words

• 沙漠Desierto; Abandonar
• 沙发Sofá

沙滩 is pronounced shātān and means “playa”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 沙滩 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.