<p>The pronunciation shān is only really used in certain compound words: </p>

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<li><p><a href="https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E5%85%89%E6%9F%B5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">光栅/光柵</a>, a <em>diffraction grating</em> used in optics. </p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E6%A0%85%E6%9E%81" rel="nofollow noreferrer">栅极/柵極</a>, the <em>grid</em> of a vacuum tube or the <em>gate</em> of a transistor.</p></li>
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<p>The <a href="https://www.moedict.tw/%E5%85%89%E6%9F%B5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Taiwan</a> <a href="https://www.moedict.tw/%E6%9F%B5%E6%A5%B5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">standard</a> uses zhà for both even in this context.</p>

<p>Apparently, it also has another pronunciation, cè, for <a href="https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E6%A0%85" rel="nofollow noreferrer">certain placenames</a> in Zhongshan, Guangdong.</p>

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Michaelyus
<p>As far as I know, the normal pronunciation of 栅 as in 栅栏 is zhà, but there is another pronunciation shān listed in dictionaries. Are both pronunciations in common use? </p>

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栅 pronunciation - zhà vs. shān
# 栅 pronunciation - zhà vs. shān

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-21)

As far as I know, the normal pronunciation of 栅 as in 栅栏 is zhà, but there is another pronunciation shān listed in dictionaries. Are both pronunciations in common use?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-02-21. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The pronunciation shān is only really used in certain compound words:

* [光栅/光柵](https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E5%85%89%E6%9F%B5), a *diffraction grating* used in optics.
* [栅极/柵極](https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E6%A0%85%E6%9E%81), the *grid* of a vacuum tube or the *gate* of a transistor.

The [Taiwan](https://www.moedict.tw/%E5%85%89%E6%9F%B5) [standard](https://www.moedict.tw/%E6%9F%B5%E6%A5%B5) uses zhà for both even in this context.

Apparently, it also has another pronunciation, cè, for [certain placenames](https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E6%A0%85) in Zhongshan, Guangdong.


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