Chinese symbol for “salad”

沙拉

shā lā

(loanword) salad

The closest CC-CEDICT match for salad is 沙拉 (shā lā), defined as: (loanword) salad.

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Characters and stroke order

沙 shā

sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated

radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes

拉 lā

to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “salad”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
色拉	sè lā	(loanword) salad

Related words

Other words that share a character with 沙拉.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
沙漠	shā mò	desert; 个 (gè)
金沙	jīn shā	gold dust; salted egg yolk sauce
沙发 (沙發)	shā fā	(loanword) sofa (条 (tiáo),张 (zhāng)); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
沙滩 (沙灘)	shā tān	beach; sandy shore
沙龙 (沙龍)	shā lóng	salon (loanword)
沙皇	shā huáng	czar (loanword)
卡拉	kǎ lā	karaoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
阿拉	ā lā	(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our

See also: Japanese symbol for “salad”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.