| 大沙河 | Dà shā hé | Dasha River in Shanxi; Dasha River in Jinagsu |
| 大沙漠 | dà shā mò | great desert (e.g. the Taklamakan 塔克拉玛干 or Sahara 撒哈拉) |
| 契沙比克湾 | Qì shā bǐ kè wān | Chesapeake bay |
| 封沙育林 | fēng shā yù lín | to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom) |
| 尖沙咀 | Jiān Shā Zuǐ | Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong |
| 岩沙海葵毒素 | yán shā hǎi kuí dú sù | palytoxin |
| 川沙 | Chuān shā | Chuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦东新区, Shanghai |
| 库姆塔格沙漠 | kù mǔ tǎ gé shā mò | Kumutage Desert |
| 廖沫沙 | Liào Mò shā | Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution |
| 厨师沙拉 | chú shī shā lā | chef salad |
| 恒河沙数 | Héng hé shā shù | countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom) |
| 爱沙尼亚 | Ài shā ní yà | Estonia |
| 戈壁沙漠 | Gē bì shā mò | Gobi desert |
| 押沙龙 | yā shā lóng | Absalom |
| 拉沙病毒 | lā shā bìng dú | Lassa virus |
| 抟沙 | tuán shā | lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose |
| 撒哈拉沙漠 | Sǎ hā lā shā mò | Sahara desert |
| 散沙 | sǎn shā | scattered sand; fig. lacking in cohesion or organization |
| 柯沙奇病毒 | kē shā qí bìng dú | Coxsackievirus |
| 格涅沙 | gé niè shā | Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati) |
| 毛腿沙鸡 | máo tuǐ shā jī | Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus) |
| 沙丁胺醇 | shā dīng àn chún | salbutamol (a beta 2 agonist used in treating asthma); also known as albuterol, proventil and ventolin |
| 沙丁鱼 | shā dīng yú | sardine |
| 沙井 | shā jǐng | manhole |
| 沙井口 | shā jǐng kǒu | manhole |
| 沙依巴克 | Shā yī bā kè | Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang |
| 沙依巴克区 | Shā yī bā kè qū | Saybagh district (Uighur: Saybagh Rayoni) of Urumqi city 乌鲁木齐市, Xinjiang |
| 沙僧 | Shā Sēng | Sha Wujing |
| 沙利科什维利 | shā lì kē shí wéi lì | General Shalikashvili (Head of US Joint Chiefs of Staff) |
| 沙利迈度 | shā lì mài dù | thalidomide |
| 沙加缅度 | Shā jiā miǎn duó | Sacramento |
| 沙和尚 | Shā hé shang | Sha Wujing |
| 沙地 | shā dì | sandy beach or river bank; sand-dune; sandy land; sand-lot |
| 沙坑杆 | shā kēng gān | sand wedge (golf) |
| 沙坡头 | Shā pō tóu | Shapo district of Zhongwei city 中卫市, Ningxia |
| 沙坡头区 | Shā pō tóu qū | Shapo district of Zhongwei city 中卫市, Ningxia |
| 沙坪坝 | Shā píng bà | Shapingba district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 沙坪坝区 | Shā píng bà qū | Shapingba district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 沙堡 | shā bǎo | sand castle |
| 沙尘 | shā chén | sand; sandstorm (common in spring in north China) |
| 沙尘天气 | shā chén tiān qì | spring sandstorms (common in Northern China) |
| 沙尘暴 | shā chén bào | sandstorm |
| 沙坝 | shā bà | a sandbank; a sand bar |
| 沙姆沙伊赫 | Shā mǔ shā yī hè | Sharm el-Sheikh |
| 沙威玛 | shā wēi mǎ | shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword) |
| 沙家浜 | Shā jiā bāng | Sha family stream |
| 沙岩 | shā yán | sandstone |
| 沙市区 | Shā shì qū | Shashi district of Jingzhou city 荆州市, Hubei |
| 沙弥 | shā mí | novice Buddhist monk |
| 沙律 | shā lǜ | salad (loanword) |
