| 滑沙 | huá shā | sandboarding |
| 白沙工农区 | Bái shā Gōng nóng qū | Baisha Gongnong area in Dazhou 达州, Sichuan northeast Sichuan, amalgamated into Wanyuan county level city 万源 in 1993 |
| 白沙县 | Bái shā xiàn | Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan |
| 白沙乡 | Bái shā xiāng | Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan |
| 白沙黎族自治县 | Bái shā Lí zú zì zhì xiàn | Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan |
| 硅沙 | guī shā | silicon sand |
| 穆沙拉夫 | Mù shā lā fū | Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, President 2001-2008 |
| 笛沙格 | Dí shā gé | Girard Desargues (1591-1661), French geometer |
| 约沙法 | Yuē shā fǎ | Jehoshaphat, fourth king of Judah (Judaism) |
| 红豆沙 | hóng dòu shā | red bean paste |
| 细沙 | xì shā | fine sand |
| 美他沙酮 | měi tā shā tóng | metaxalone |
| 美沙酮 | měi shā tóng | methadone |
| 聚沙成塔 | jù shā chéng tǎ | sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity; many a mickle makes a muckle |
| 英吉沙 | Yīng jí shā | Yéngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地区, west Xinjiang |
| 英吉沙县 | Yīng jí shā xiàn | Yéngisar nahiyisi (Yengisar county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地区, west Xinjiang |
| 莫哈韦沙漠 | Mò hā wéi shā mò | Mojave Desert |
| 蚕沙 | cán shā | silkworm guano (excrement) |
| 西南中沙群岛 | Xī nán zhōng shā qún dǎo | Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan |
| 西沙 | Xī shā | see 西沙群岛 |
| 西藏毛腿沙鸡 | Xī zàng máo tuǐ shā jī | Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus) |
| 豆沙包 | dòu shā bāo | bean paste bun |
| 猫沙 | māo shā | cat litter; kitty litter |
| 输沙量 | shū shā liàng | quantity of sand (transported by a river); sediment content |
| 那空沙旺 | Nà kōng shā wàng | Paknampho city, Thailand |
| 鄂尔多斯沙漠 | È ěr duō sī Shā mò | Ordos Desert, Inner Mongolia |
| 金沙县 | Jīn shā xiàn | Jinsha county in Bijie prefecture 毕节地区, Guizhou |
| 金沙镇 | Jīn shā zhèn | Chinsha town in Kinmen County 金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan |
| 长沙市 | Cháng shā shì | Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China |
| 长沙湾 | cháng shā wān | Cheung Sha Wan (poultry market in Hong Kong) |
| 长沙县 | Cháng shā xiàn | Changsha county in Changsha 长沙, Hunan |
| 防风固沙 | fáng fēng gù shā | sand break (in desert environment) |
| 阿布沙耶夫 | Ā bù Shā yē fū | Abu Sayyaf, militant Islamist separatist group also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya |
| 阿法尔沙漠 | ā fǎ ěr shā mò | the Afar desert in Southern Ethiopia |
| 腾格里沙漠 | Téng gé lǐ Shā mò | Tengger Desert |
| 龙沙 | Lóng shā | Longsha district of Qiqihar city 齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang |
| 龙沙区 | Lóng shā qū | Longsha district of Qiqihar city 齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang |
