Desert in Chinese (Mandarin): 沙漠 (shāmò)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 沙漠

• 沙

  Sand. 氵 (water) on the left and 少 (little): sand is what is left when water is low.

  7 strokes

• 漠

  Desert. 氵 (water) is on the left.

  13 strokes

沙漠 is a "sand desert". The Gobi Desert, 戈壁 (Gēbì), is in northern China and Mongolia.

More examples with 沙漠

• 沙漠里有骆驼。

  沙漠裡有駱駝。

  Shāmò li yǒu luòtuo.

  There are camels in the desert.

• 沙漠里没有水。

  沙漠裡沒有水。

  Shāmò li méiyǒu shuǐ.

  There is no water in the desert.

How to write 沙漠 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.