| 沙 | shā | granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia; surname Sha |
| 沙漠 | shā mò | desert; CL:个 |
| 长沙 | Cháng shā | Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China |
| 沙皇 | Shā huáng | Tsar |
| 沙俄 | Shā é | Tsarist Russia |
| 沙发 | shā fā | sofa; CL:条,张 |
| 沙土 | shā tǔ | sandy soil |
| 沙特阿拉伯 | Shā tè Ā lā bó | Saudi Arabia |
| 沙丘 | shā qiū | sand dune; sandy hill |
| 华沙 | Huá shā | Warsaw, capital of Poland |
| 沙滩 | shā tān | sand bar; beach; CL:片 |
| 风沙 | fēng shā | sand blown by wind; sandstorm |
| 沙门 | shā mén | monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India); Buddhist monk |
| 沙坑 | shā kēng | sandbox; jumping pit (athletics); sand trap, bunker (golf) |
| 沙子 | shā zi | sand; grit; CL:粒,把 |
| 沙文主义 | shā wén zhǔ yì | chauvinism |
| 沙沙 | shā shā | rustle |
| 沙河 | Shā hé | Shahe county level city in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei |
| 沙巴 | Shā bā | Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆罗洲 |
| 摩加迪沙 | Mó jiā dí shā | Mogadishu, Indian ocean seaport and capital of Somalia |
| 金沙萨 | Jīn shā sà | Kinshasa, capital of Zaire |
| 沙拉 | shā lā | salad |
| 沙石 | shā shí | sand and stones |
| 沙哑 | shā yǎ | hoarse; rough |
| 沙粒 | shā lì | speck; granule |
| 豆沙 | dòu shā | sweetened bean paste |
| 白沙 | Bái shā | Baisha (common place name); Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan; Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan |
| 金沙江 | Jīn shā jiāng | Jinsha river, upper reaches of Yangtze river or Changjiang 长江 in Sichuan and Yunnan |
| 沙场 | shā chǎng | sandpit; battleground; battlefield |
| 沙市 | Shā shì | Shashi district of Jingzhou city 荆州市, Hubei |
| 沙锅 | shā guō | variant of 砂锅 |
| 沙田 | Shā tián | Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong |
| 沙袋 | shā dài | a sandbag |
| 沙洲 | shā zhōu | sandbank; sandbar |
| 白沙瓦 | Bái shā wǎ | Peshawar, city in north Pakistan |
| 西沙群岛 | Xī shā Qún dǎo | Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea |
| 金沙 | Jīn shā | Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture 毕节地区, Guizhou; Chinsha town in Kinmen County 金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan |
| 一盘散沙 | yī pán sǎn shā | lit. like a sheet of loose sand; fig. unable to cooperate (idiom) |
| 伤寒沙门氏菌 | shāng hán shā mén shì jūn | salmonella typhimurium |
| 克沙奇病毒 | kè shā qí bìng dú | Coxsackievirus |
| 冰沙 | bīng shā | slushie; smoothie; crushed ice drink; frappucino |
| 加沙 | Jiā shā | Gaza; same as 加沙地带, the Gaza strip |
| 加沙地带 | Jiā shā dì dài | Gaza strip |
| 南沙 | Nán shā | Nansha Islands; Spratly Islands; Nansha district of Guangzhou city 广州市, Guangdong |
| 南沙区 | Nán shā qū | Nansha district of Guangzhou city 广州市, Guangdong |
| 南沙群岛 | Nán shā qún dǎo | Spratly islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam |
| 古尔班通古特沙漠 | Gǔ ěr bān tōng gǔ tè shā mò | Gurbantunggut Desert in |
| 含沙射影 | hán shā shè yǐng | to attack someone by innuendo (idiom); to make oblique charges; to make insinuations; to insinuate |
| 含沙量 | hán shā liàng | sand content; quantity of sediment (carried by a river) |
| 塔克拉玛干沙漠 | Tǎ kè lā mǎ gān shā mò | Taklamakan (desert in Central Asia) |
