桑 (song1) — mulberry tree; white mulberry in Cantonese
songˉ¹桑Mandarin Pinyin: sang1
Meaning of 桑
nounmulberry tree; white mulberry
noun(fruit) Mulberry
Example Sentences with 桑
heoi˗₃去songˉ¹桑naaˎ₄拿sungˉ¹鬆jatˉ¹一sungˉ¹鬆
Go to the sauna to relax.
keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日heoi˗₃去songˉ¹桑naaˎ₄拿
He goes to the sauna all the time.
gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日houˊ²好jit6,熱，heoi˗₃去songˉ¹桑naaˎ₄拿
It's hot today, let's go to the sauna.
soengˊ²想heoi˗₃去songˉ¹桑naaˎ₄拿wo˗₃喎
I feel like going to the sauna.
songˉ¹桑naaˎ₄拿fongˎ₄房houˊ²好gukˍ₆焗
The sauna room is very steamy.
Words Containing 桑
歷盡滄桑lik6 zeon6 cong1 song1
having experienced all the vicissitudes of life
媽媽桑maa4 maa1 song1
a brothel madame (pimp for prostitutes); mamasan (as a loanword)
滄海桑田cong1 hoi2 song1 tin4
deep blue sea changes into mulberry fields; abbr. 滄桑
桑樹song1 syu6
mulberry tree
滄桑cong1 song1
vicissitudes of life, from 滄海桑田
桑拿song1 naa4
sauna; Finnish/Turkish bath
桑榆暮景song1 jyu4 mou6 ging2
'geezerhood'; a late time of life
桑拿浴song1 naa4 juk6
a sauna (via transliteration)
人世滄桑jan4 sai1 cong1 song1
we live in an ever-changing world; the world is always tremendously changing
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