山 shān

mountain, hill, peak

HSK 3 #259

DEFINITIONS

  • mountain, hill, peak
  • surname Shan
  • mountain
  • hill
  • anything that resembles a mountain
  • CL:座[zuo4]
  • bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons
  • gable

STROKES

WORDS

山峦 shān luán mountain range; unbroken chain of peaks
山脚 shān jiǎo foot of a mountain
台山 tái shān Taishan county level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong
山核桃 shān hé tao hickory
山毛榉 shān máo jǔ beech
山药 shān yao Dioscorea polystachya; yam
庐山 lú shān Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi; Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot
人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi multitude; vast crowd
山河 shān hé mountains and rivers; the whole country
翻山越岭 fān shān yuè lǐng to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey
五指山 wǔ zhǐ shān Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan; Wuzhishan City, Hainan
山城 shān chéng Shancheng district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 shi4], Henan
山水 shān shuǐ Sansui, Japanese company; water from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery; landscape
蓝山 lán shān Lanshan county in Yongzhou 永州[Yong3 zhou1], Hunan
乞力马扎罗山 qǐ lì mǎ zhā luó shān Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
克山 kè shān Keshan county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
南山 nán shān Nanshan or Namsan, common place name; Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
屏山 píng shān Pingshan county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[Yi2 bin1], Sichuan
山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go
巫山 wū shān Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges; Wushan county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
车到山前必有路 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through. (idiom); fig. Everything will turn out for the best.; Let's worry about it when it happens.; It will be all right on the night.; cf couplet 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直|车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直
金山 jīn shān Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai; Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
铁证如山 tiě zhèng rú shān irrefutable evidence
靠山 kào shān patron; supporter; close to a mountain
出山 chū shān to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take a leading position
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