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

雷山 léi shān Leishan county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
显山露水 xiǎn shān lù shuǐ to reveal one's talent (idiom)
北山 běi shān northern mountain; refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan
天山 tiān shān Tianshan mountain range between XinJiang and Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan
安第斯山脉 ān dì sī shān mài Andes mountain chain of South America
山梁 shān liáng mountain ridge
山歌 shān gē folk song; mountain song
山火 shān huǒ wildfire; forest fire
山羊绒 shān yáng róng cashmere
山乡 shān xiāng mountain area
昆仑山 kūn lún shān Kunlun Mountain range
嵩山 sōng shān Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
平顶山 píng dǐng shān Pingdingshan prefecture level city in Henan
愚公移山 yú gōng yí shān the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
排山倒海 pái shān dǎo hǎi lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering; fig. gigantic; of spectacular significance
东山 dōng shān Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian; Tungshan township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
梁山 liáng shān Liangshan city and County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong
横山 héng shān Hengshan County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi; Hengshan township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan; Yokoyama (Japanese surname)
漫山遍野 màn shān biàn yě lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom); fig. as far as the eye can see; covering everything; omnipresent
狮子山 shī zi shān Sierra Leone (Tw); Shizishan or Lion Mountain; Shizishan district of Tongling city 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 shi4], Anhui
神山 shén shān sacred mountain
穿山甲 chuān shān jiǎ pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater
紫金山 zǐ jīn shān Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum
罗山 luó shān Luoshan county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
万水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey; a long and difficult road
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