Back to Dictionary
山
shān
1.
mountain
2.
hill
3.
anything that resembles a mountain
4.
CL:[[座<zuò>]]
5.
bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons
6.
gable
Very Common • Top 1%
✏️ 3 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
三山
Sānshān
Sanshan district of Wuhu city [[蕪湖市|芜湖市<Wúhúshì>]], Anhui
上山
shàngshān
to go uphill
下山
xiàshān
(of the sun) to set
中山
Zhōngshān
refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
乳山
Rǔshān
Rushan county level city in Weihai [[威海]], Shandong
京山
Jīngshān
Jingshan county in Jingmen [[荊門|荆门<Jīngmén>]], Hubei
仙山
xiānshān
mountain of Immortals
佛山
Fóshān
Foshan prefecture level city in Guangdong
保山
Bǎoshān
Baoshan prefecture level city in Yunnan
仓山
Cāngshān
Cangshan district of Fuzhou city [[福州市<Fúzhōushì>]], Fujian
假山
jiǎshān
rock garden
元山
Yuánshān
Wonsan city in Kangweon province [[江原道]] of North Korea
光山
Guāngshān
Guangshan county in Xinyang [[信陽|信阳]], Henan
克山
Kèshān
Keshan county in Qiqihar [[齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔<Qíqíhāěr>]], Heilongjiang
冬山
Dōngshān
Tungshan or Dongshan township in Yilan county [[宜蘭縣|宜兰县<Yílánxiàn>]], Taiwan
冰山
bīngshān
iceberg
出山
chūshān
to leave the mountain (of a hermit)
北山
Běishān
northern mountain
南山
Nánshān
Nanshan or Namsan, common place name
博山
Bóshān
Boshan district of Zibo city [[淄博市<Zībóshì>]], Shandong
Example Sentences (3)
山越高，路越难走。我也越爬越冷。
shān yuè gāo, lù yuè nán zǒu. wǒ yě yuè pá yuè lěng.
The higher the mountain, the harder the road is to walk. I also get colder the more I climb.
Text 3
上山容易下山难，你不知道？
Shàng shān róng yì xià shān nán, nǐ bù zhīdao?
Going uphill is easy, going downhill is hard—don't you know?
Text 1
上山容易下山难，你不知道？
Shàng shān róng yì xià shān nán, nǐ bù zhīdao?
Going uphill is easy, going downhill is hard—don't you know?
Text 1
Alternate Entries
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 258
- Word Frequency Rank
- 871 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 46