沙发
Meaning
- (loanword) sofa
- (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
Measure word
条 tiáo
Example sentence
就在沙发上。
It's just there on the sofa.
Characters in 沙发
- 沙 shā sand; grit, granules
- 发 fā to send out
沙 sand plus 发 to send — neither meaning applies. Both characters carry only sound, borrowed from the English sofa.