shāi

(bound form) a sieve

to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection; to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water); to pour (wine or tea); (dialect) to strike (a gong)

bamboo (⺮) + sound shāi (师) = a bamboo sieve

Bamboo was the traditional material for weaving sieves and strainers in China, so the bamboo radical carries the meaning directly. 师 contributes the sound shāi and nothing more.

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她把面粉用子筛了一遍,去掉了杂质。

tā bǎ miànfěn yòng shāizi shāi le yī biàn, qùdiào le zázhì。

she sieved the flour once with a sieve, removing the impurities.

公司会掉很多不符合条件的申请者。

gōngsī huì shāi diào hěn duō bù fúhé tiáojiàn de shēnqǐngzhě。

the company will filter out many applicants who do not meet the requirements.

Words with 筛

过筛

guò shāi

to put through a sieve; to sift (flour etc); to strain (a liquid); (fig.) to screen; to filter; to select

分子筛

fēn zǐ shāi

molecular sieve

快筛

kuài shāi

rapid diagnostic test (RDT), abbr. for 快速篩檢|快速筛检[kuai4 su4 shai1 jian3]

快速筛检

kuài sù shāi jiǎn

rapid diagnostic test (RDT), abbr. to 快篩|快筛[kuai4 shai1]

格筛

gé shāi

grizzly (mining)

筛子

shāi zi

sieve

筛查

shāi chá

to screen (for disease etc)

筛检

shāi jiǎn

to screen (for disease etc)

筛法

shāi fǎ

the sieve method (for primes)

筛管

shāi guǎn

(botany) sieve tube

筛糠

shāi kāng

to sift chaff

筛选

shāi xuǎn

to filter

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