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山
shān
山 (shān) means "mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.
What 山 means
- mountain; hill
- colloquialsmall bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
Other readings
Example sentences
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看那山！Look at that mountain.
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我爬山。I climb mountains.
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我叫山田。My name is Yamada.
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我姓山田。My name is Yamada.
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你在后山！You are behind the mountain!
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我生于旧金山I was born in San Francisco.
Words starting with 山
- 山脉shān màimountain range
- 山顶shān dǐnghilltop
- 山路shān lùmountain road
- 山区shān qūmountain area
- 山坡shān pōhillside
- 山水shān shuǐwater from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery
- 山下Shān xiàYamashita (Japanese surname)
- 山谷shān gǔvalley; ravine
- 山庄shān zhuāngmanor house; villa; (used in hotel names)
- 山东省Shān dōng ShěngShandong Province, capital Jinan 济南市
- 山村shān cūnmountain village
- 山峰shān fēng(mountain) peak
- 山头shān tóumountain top, esp. one occupied by a mountain stronghold; (fig.) clique; power base
- 山洞shān dòngcavern; cave
- 山林shān línwooded mountain; mountain forest
- 山羊shān yánggoat; (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
- 山地shān dìmountainous region; hilly area; hilly country
- 山口shān kǒumountain pass
- 山河shān hémountains and rivers; the whole country
- 山西省Shān xī ShěngShanxi Province, capital Taiyuan 太原市
- 山川shān chuānmountains and rivers; landscape
- 山峦shān luánmountain range; unbroken chain of peaks
- 山沟shān gōuvalley; gully; mountain region
- 山崖shān yácliff
Words containing 山
- 爬山pá shānto go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)
- 雪山xuě shānsnow-capped mountain
- 下山xià shānto go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set
- 上山shàng shānto climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw…
- 大山Dà shānDashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV…
- 登山dēng shānto climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering
- 高山gāo shānhigh mountain; alpine mountain
- 金山Jīn shānJinshan suburban district of Shanghai; Jinshan or Chinshan township in New Taipei City 新北市
- 江山jiāng shānrivers and mountains; landscape; country
- 孙中山Sūn Zhōng shānDr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of…
- 泰山Tài shānTarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle)…
- 青山qīng shāngreen hills; (the good) life
- 旧金山Jiù jīn shānSan Francisco, California
- 火山huǒ shānvolcano
- 华山Huà ShānMt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳
- 群山qún shānmountains; a range of hills
- 佛山市Fó shān ShìFoshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
- 天山Tiān ShānTian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan
- 冰山bīng shāniceberg; ice-covered mountain; (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long
- 深山shēn shāndeep in the mountains
- 赵本山Zhào Běn shānZhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
- 人山人海rén shān rén hǎi(idiom) multitude; vast crowd
- 假山jiǎ shānrock garden; rockery
- 靠山kào shānpatron; backer; close to a mountain
Sounds the same
Read shān, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 衫garment; jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
- 删to delete
- 珊coral
- 杉China fir; Cunninghamia lanceolata; also pr. shā
- 扇to fan; to slap sb on the face
- 姗used in 姗姗
- 煽to fan into a flame; to incite
- 潸tearfully
- 跚used in 蹒跚
- 钐samarium (chemistry)
- 舢sampan
- 膻(old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻
Where 山 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of High-Frequency Radicals as Meaning Cues (HSK 0), Basic Strokes and Stroke-Order Rules (HSK 0), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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