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

山葵 shān kuí wasabi
比佛利山 bǐ fó lì shān Beverly Hills
火焰山 huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend; fig. insurmountable obstacle; Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang
红山 hóng shān Hongshan district of Chifeng city 赤峰市, Inner Mongolia
象山 xiàng shān Xiangshan district of Guilin city 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 shi4], Guangxi; Xiangshan county in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang
重于泰山 zhòng yú tài shān heavier than Mt Tai (idiom); fig. extremely serious matter
开山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine); to open a monastery
黄山 huáng shān Mt Huang; Yellow mountains; Huangshan prefecture-level city centered around Huangshan Mountains in south Anhui
龙山 lóng shān Dragon mountain; Longshan district of Liaoyuan city 遼源市|辽源市, Jilin; Longshan county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands); vast swathe of territory
宜山 yí shān former Yishan county and town, now called Yizhou 宜州[Yi2 zhou1] in Hechi 河池[He2 chi2], Guangxi
山峡 shān xiá gorge; canyon; mountain valley
山崎 shān qí Yamazaki or Yamasaki (Japanese surname)
山楂 shān zhā hawthorn tree (rose family, genus Crataegus); rose hip (hawthorn fruit)
山西 shān xī Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原
山体 shān tǐ form of a mountain
山麓 shān lù foothills
崇山峻岭 chóng shān jùn lǐng towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
白山 bái shān Baishan prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
稳如泰山 wěn rú tài shān steady as Mt Tai; as safe as houses
花果山 huā guǒ shān Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4], tourist destination; (also the name of mountains in other parts of China)
荒山 huāng shān desert mountain; barren hill
荒山野岭 huāng shān yě lǐng wild, mountainous country
蔚山 wèi shān Ulsan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qing4 shang4 nan2 dao4], South Korea
逼上梁山 bī shàng liáng shān driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels; to drive to revolt; to force sb to desperate action
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