沙发

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 他喜欢躺在沙发上看电视。▶ —
   He likes to lie on the sofa and watch TV.
2. 客厅里有一个红色的沙发。▶ —
   There is a red sofa in the living room.

Collocations

Mnemonic

沙发 shāfā is a phonetic loan from English "sofa." The characters 沙 + 发 are borrowed for sound, not meaning.

Related

Quick check

1. How was the word 沙发 formed?

   • phonetic loan (sofa)
   • compound of two meanings
   • native Sinitic word
   • an abbreviation