# 沙漠
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shāmò
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄇㄛˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saa$^1$ mok$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sa$^1$ mok$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâ-mo̍k
* Eastern Min (BUC): să-mŏk
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soa-bô͘ / see-bô͘ / soa-bo̍k / sa-bo̍k / sa-bô͘
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$so-moq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shāmò
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄇㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shamò
*** Wade–Giles: sha$^1$-mo$^4$
*** Yale: shā-mwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shamoh
*** Palladius: шамо (šamo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂä⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$沙漠 砂漠
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saa$^1$ mok$^6$
*** Yale: sā mohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saa$^1$ mok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sa$^1$ mog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /saː⁵⁵ mɔːk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sa$^1$ mok$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sa³³ ᵐbɔk̚⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâ-mo̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: sa$^ˊ$ mog
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sa$^1$ mog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /sa²⁴⁻¹¹ mok̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: să-mŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /sa⁵⁵ mouʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-bô͘
*** Tâi-lô: sua-bôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soa'boo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sua³³ bɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sua⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: see-bô͘
*** Tâi-lô: see-bôo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ¹³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa-bo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: sua-bo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soa'bok
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-bo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: sa-bo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sa'bok
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa-bô͘
*** Tâi-lô: sa-bôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sa'boo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sa⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ²⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$so-moq
*** MiniDict: so$^平$ moh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$so-moq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /so⁵⁵ moʔ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: srae mak
Rime :
| Character | 沙 | 漠 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) | 鐸 (103) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | I |
| Fanqie | 所加切 | 慕各切 |
| Baxter | srae | mak |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃˠa/ | /mɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃᵚa/ | /mɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃa/ | /mɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂaɨ/ | /mak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃa/ | /mɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃa/ | /mɑk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʂa/ | /mɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shā | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | saa$^1$ | mok$^6$ |

### Noun

沙漠
* desert (barren area)
    戈壁沙漠 ― gēbì shāmò ― Gobi Desert
    撒哈拉沙漠 ― sǎhālā shāmò ― Sahara Desert
    文化沙漠 ― wénhuà shāmò ― (figurative) a place without culture
** (specifically) erg; sand sea

#### Synonyms

* (desert):
* 沙幕 (shāmù) (literary)
* 沙窩子／沙窝子 (shāwōzi) (Ürümqi)
* 流沙 (liúshā)
* 荒漠 (huāngmò)
* (erg): (archaic) 流沙 (liúshā)

#### Derived terms

* 沙漠之舟 (shāmò zhī zhōu)
* 沙漠化 (shāmòhuà)
* 沙漠學／沙漠学 (shāmòxué)
* 沙漠蝗蟲／沙漠蝗虫 (shāmòhuángchóng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 砂(さ)漠(ばく) (sabaku)
* → Korean: 사막(沙漠) (samak)
* → Vietnamese: sa mạc (沙漠)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 沙 | 漠 |
| さ Grade: S | ばく Grade: S |
| kan'on ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 沙漠 – see the following entry. :
| 【砂漠さばく】 | [noun] desert (barren area) |
(This term, 沙漠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 沙 | 漠 |

### Noun

沙漠 • (samak) (hangeul 사막)
* Alternative form of 砂漠

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 沙 | 漠 |

### Noun

沙漠
* chữ Hán form of sa mạc (“desert (barren area)”).