used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in transliteration

Saarland

Saddam Hussein (1937–2006), president of Iraq 1979–2003

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French existential philosopher and novelist

SARS; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

sax; saxophone

El Salvador

THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), US Army anti-ballistic missile system

Sally (name)

Sacramento

Surrey (county in England)

Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina

(loanword) saxophone

(loanword) shaman

Saab

see 薩嘎縣|萨嘎县[Sa4 ga1 Xian4]

Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc

Safi (Moroccan city on the Atlantic coast)

Sati (Hindu goddess)

sati (illegal Hindu practice)

Sa'gya town and county, Tibetan: Sa skya, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet; saga (i.e. heroic tale)

Sana'a, capital of Yemen

see 薩克森州|萨克森州[Sa4 ke4 sen1 Zhou1]

sax; saxophone

Saxon

see 沙琪瑪|沙琪玛[sha1 qi2 ma3]

Saga, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet

see 薩爾圖區|萨尔图区[Sa4 er3 tu2 Qu1]

Saarland, state of Germany, capital Saarbrücken 薩爾布呂肯|萨尔布吕肯[Sa4 er3 bu4 lu:3 ken3]

Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game) (Tw, HK, Macau)

Sayan Mountains, on the border of Russia and Mongolia

Sadr (name); Moqtada Sadr (c. 1973-), Iraqi Shia clergyman and militia leader

Saladin (c. 1138-1193)

(loanword) salami

Samoa

Samoyed (dog)

Samotherium (early giraffe)

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)

Shamanism

Sava River, flowing through Southeast Europe

Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012

the Sami people, indigenous people in northern Scandinavia

Anwar Al Sadat

Sa'gya, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet

Sadiq or Sadik (name)

Surrey (county in south England)

sax; saxophone

Saxony, a federal state in eastern Germany, capital Dresden 德累斯頓|德累斯顿[De2 lei2 si1 dun4]

Sakharov (name); Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), Soviet nuclear physicist and dissident human rights activist