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山

shān

HSK 3 Character Measure word 座

What 山 means

1. mountain; hill
2. colloquialsmall bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

Other readings

山 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shānsurname Shan

Example sentences

• 看那山！
  Look at that mountain.
• 我爬山。
  I climb mountains.
• 我叫山田。
  My name is Yamada.
• 我姓山田。
  My name is Yamada.
• 你在后山！
  You are behind the mountain!
• 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