桑拿

sāngná

noun HSK 7 #12,550

Measure Word

一个桑拿 gè

Meanings

1 sauna

Characters

mulberry (used here for sound)

take (used here for sound)

Phonetic transliteration of 'sauna'

Examples

运动之后去蒸个桑拿很舒服。

Yùndòng zhīhòu qù zhēng gè sāngná hěn shūfu.

It feels great to have a sauna after exercising.

这家酒店有桑拿房和游泳池。

Zhè jiā jiǔdiàn yǒu sāngnáfáng hé yóuyǒngchí.

This hotel has a sauna room and a swimming pool.

Tips

memory

桑拿 is a phonetic loan word — just say 'sauna' with Chinese tones: sāng-ná. The characters themselves (mulberry + take) have no semantic connection.

Stroke Order

桑 sāng

拿 ná