| 纱 | [ shā ] cotton yarn, muslin |
| 纱布 | [ shā bù ] gauze |
| 纱布口罩 | [ shā bù koǔ zhaò ] gauze mask |
| 纱帽 | [ shā maò ] gauze hat, (fig.) job as an official |
| 纱厂 | [ shā chǎng ] cotton mill, textile factory |
| 纱支 | [ shā zhī ] (textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn), (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count) |
| 纱窗 | [ shā chuāng ] screen window |
| 纱笼 | [ shā lóng ] sarong (loanword) |
| 纱绽 | [ shā zhàn ] spindle |
| 纱线 | [ shā xiàn ] yarn |
| 纱丽 | [ shā lì ] sari (loanword) |
| ⇒ 丢乌纱帽 | [ diū wū shā maò ] lit. to lose one's black hat, to be sacked from an official post |
| ⇒ 并纱 | [ bìng shā ] doubling (combining two or more lengths of yarn into a single thread) |
| ⇒ 婚纱 | [ hūn shā ] wedding dress, CL:身[shen1] |
| ⇒ 婚纱摄影 | [ hūn shā shè yǐng ] wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio) |
| ⇒ 棉纱 | [ mián shā ] cotton yarn |
| ⇒ 泡泡纱 | [ paò paò shā ] seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples) |
| ⇒ 浣纱 | [ huàn shā ] to wash silk |
| ⇒ 浣纱记 | [ huàn shā jì ] Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject |
| ⇒ 乌纱帽 | [ wū shā maò ] black hat (worn by feudal official), fig. official post |
| ⇒ 管纱 | [ guǎn shā ] cop (textiles) |
| ⇒ 纺纱 | [ fǎng shā ] to spin (cotton, wool etc), spinning |
| ⇒ 经纱 | [ jīng shā ] warp (vertical thread in weaving) |
| ⇒ 纬纱 | [ weǐ shā ] woof (horizontal thread in weaving), weft |
| ⇒ 臂纱 | [ bì shā ] armband |
| ⇒ 薄纱 | [ baó shā ] gauze (cloth) |
| ⇒ 轻纱 | [ qīng shā ] light muslin, gauze |
| ⇒ 透明硬纱 | [ toù míng yìng shā ] organza (fabric) |
| ⇒ 面纱 | [ miàn shā ] veil |
| ⇒ 头纱 | [ toú shā ] wedding veil, gauze headscarf or veil |
| ⇒ 麻纱 | [ má shā ] linen or cotton fabric |
| ⇒ 黑纱 | [ heī shā ] black armband |