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

阿苏山 ā sū shān Mount Aso, active volcano in Kyushu, Japan
雪岳山 xuě yuè shān Seoraksan, mountain near Sokcho, South Korea
中山市 zhōng shān shì Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 sheng3] in south China, close to Dr Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
亚历山大里亚 yà lì shān dà lǐ yà Alexandria
依山傍水 yī shān bàng shuǐ mountains on one side and water on the other
元山 yuán shān Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
南山区 nán shān qū Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong; Nanshan district of Hegang city 鶴崗|鹤岗[He4 gang3], Heilongjiang
名落孙山 míng luò sūn shān lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom); fig. to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition)
唐山 táng shān Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei
嘉山 jiā shān Jiashan former county 1932-1992 in northeast Anhui, now part of Chuzhou prefecture 滁州[Chu2 zhou1]; provincial level scenic area in Hunan
坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom); fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
执法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
多山 duō shān mountainous
太白山 tài bái shān Mt Taibai in Shaanxi
密山 mì shān Mishan county level city in Jixi 雞西|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang
宝山 bǎo shān Baoshang District of Shanghai; Baoshan District of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang; Baoshan or Paoshan township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
山包 shān bāo (dialect) hill
山南 shān nán Lhokha prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Lho kha
山冈 shān gāng mound; small hill
山东省 shān dōng shěng Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lu3], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2]
山海经 shān hǎi jīng Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc
山涧 shān jiàn mountain stream
山墙 shān qiáng gable
山茱萸 shān zhū yú Cornus officinalis; sour mountain date; herb associated with longevity
山茶花 shān chá huā camellia
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