Chinese word dictionary

过筛

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

Practice word

Word information

Simplified过筛

Traditional過篩

Pinyinguò shāi

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

过guò

pass; to go across, to pass through

筛shāi

screen, sieve; to filter, to sift

How to learn 过筛

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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过guò

to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-

过来guòlái

to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

过年guònián

to celebrate the Chinese New Year

过去guòqù

(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

过去guò qù

(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

过节guòjié

to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)