shài

(of the sun) to shine on

to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to

sun (日) + west (西) = bask in the afternoon sun

日 does the semantic work: sunlight beating down, drying things out or warming you through. 西 is mainly there for the sound shài.

+西
The sunSemantic
西WestPhonetic

她把衣服在阳台上。

tā bǎ yī fu shài zài yáng tái shàng。

She hung the clothes out to dry in the sun on the balcony.

他喜欢在网上自己的旅行照片。

tā xǐ huān zài wǎng shàng shài zì jǐ de lǚ xíng zhào piàn。

He likes to share his travel photos online.

Words with 晒

防晒

fáng shài

sunburn protection

防晒油

fáng shài yóu

sunscreen

防晒霜

fáng shài shuāng

suntan lotion

风吹日晒

fēng chuī rì shài

(idiom) to be exposed to the elements

三天打鱼,两天晒网

sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎng

lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)

太阳晒屁股

tài yáng shài pì gǔ

to have overslept

摊晒

tān shài

to lay sth out to dry

日晒伤

rì shài shāng

sunburn

日晒雨淋

rì shài yǔ lín

lit. exposed to sun and rain (idiom)

晾晒

liàng shài

to sun-dry

暴晒

bào shài

(of the sun) to scorch

曝晒

pù shài

to expose to strong sunlight

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