Chinese word

桑拿

Pronunciation

Pinyinsāng ná

Meaning

  • nounsauna

Example

我们今晚去桑拿吧。wǒ men jīn wǎn qù sāng ná ba

Let's go to the sauna tonight.

Illustration for 桑拿 (sauna)

More examples

运动后他喜欢去桑拿放松。yùn dòng hòu tā xǐ huān qù sāng ná fàng sōng

After exercising, he likes to go to the sauna to relax.

Core concept

A heated room that surrounds the body with dry heat or steam, making sweating the central experience.

Common phrases

  • 做桑拿zuò sāng ná

    have a sauna

  • 桑拿房sāng ná fáng

    sauna room

  • 桑拿浴sāng ná yù

    sauna bathing

Similar words

桑拿浴sāng ná yù: A hot or steamy bathing method that makes the body sweat.
浴场yù chǎng: A public facility where people bathe or wash.
澡堂zǎo táng: A public bathhouse where people bathe together.
浴室yù shì: A room in a home or facility for bathing and washing.

Definition in Chinese

指用高温或蒸汽使人体出汗、以放松或清洁身体的室内设施或活动。zhǐ yòng gāo wēn huò zhēng qì shǐ rén tǐ chū hàn yǐ fàng sōng huò qīng jié shēn tǐ de shì nèi shè shī huò huó dòng

Word origin

The transliteration 桑拿 (sāngná, "sauna") uses 桑 (sāng, "mulberry") and 拿 (ná, "take") as sound carriers, while the compound's meaning comes from the borrowed word sauna.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this noun can name the facility or the visit, so context shows whether it means the room or the time spent there.

Other meanings

  • steam bathnoun
  • sauna roomnoun

Opposites

  • 冰浴bīng yùice bathnoun
  • 冷水浴léng shuǐ yùcold-water bathnoun

Related words

  • 桑拿房sāng ná fángsauna roomnoun
  • 桑拿浴sāng ná yùsauna bathingnoun
  • 桑拿馆sāng ná guǎnsauna facilitynoun

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