山 shān mountain
mountain; hill
How it came to be
Three peaks on a ridge line, the middle one tallest. It is the plainest picture in the script and it has not changed shape in three thousand years.
How it is used
- Mountain/hill, counted with 座 - 一座山 (yí zuò shān) a mountain; the classic activity is 爬山 (pá shān) go hiking.
- Rich in fixed compounds: 火山 (huǒshān) volcano, 雪山 (xuěshān) snow peak, 山顶 (shāndǐng) summit.
- 人山人海 (rénshān-rénhǎi) literally 'people-mountain people-sea' = a huge dense crowd - a set idiom, not literal mountains.
Characters built with 山
Words with 山
- 山区shānqūmountain areaHSK 5
- 人山人海rénshān-rénhǎimultitudeHSK 6
- 山坡shānpōhillsideHSK 6
- 山峰shānfēngpeakHSK 6
- 山顶shāndǐnghilltopHSK 6
- 冰山一角bīngshān-yìjiǎotip of the icebergHSK 7
- 江山jiāngshānrivers and mountainsHSK 7
- 火山huǒshānvolcanoHSK 7
- 雪山xuěshānsnow-capped mountainHSK 7
- 山寨shānzhàifortified hill villageHSK 8
- 山岭shānlǐngmountain ridgeHSK 8
- 山川shānchuānmountains and riversHSK 8
- 山脉shānmàimountain rangeHSK 8
- 山谷shāngǔvalleyHSK 8
- 愚公移山yúgōng-yíshānthe old man moves mountains (idiom)HSK 8
Example sentences
- 我喜欢爬山。 Wǒ xǐhuan páshān.I like to go climbing.
- 这是附近最高的山。 Zhè shì fùjìn zuìgāo de shān.This is the highest mountain in the vicinity.
- 假如天晴了，我就和你去爬山。 Jiǎrú tiān qíng le, wǒ jiù hé nǐ qù páshān.If the weather clears, I will go climbing with you.
- 我终于到达了山顶。 Wǒ zhōngyú dàodále shāndǐng.I finally got to the top of the mountain.