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Welcome to our lesson on Mandarin-chinese Vocabulary, focusing on the word 山 shān! In this lesson, we will explore the meaning, usage, and pronunciation of this important term. As you continue to expand your Mandarin-chinese vocabulary, don't forget to check out our other related lessons, such as Mandarin-chinese Vocabulary - Vegetables 🥦, 爱 ài ❤️, and Mandarin-chinese Vocabulary - 大 dà dài 📚. Happy learning!

山 (shān)[edit | edit source]

Today, we will learn the Chinese character 山 (shān) which means "mountain" and is pronounced "shān".

This character refers to a mountain, mountain range, or hill.

山 (shān) is a pictograph depicting a series of mountain peaks.

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As a radical[edit | edit source]

It's a radical in other characters like :

崗/岗 gǎng Mountain
島/岛 dǎo Island
àn Shore
yán Rock
fēng Peak
bēng Landslide
lǐng Ridge
峽/峡 xiá Gorge

In words[edit | edit source]

The characters appears in words like:

爬山 pá shān to climb a mountain (colloquial)
登山 dēng shān to climb a mountain (formal)
山川 shān chuān mountains and rivers
山峰 shān fēng a mountain peak
山頂/山顶 shān dǐng mountaintop
山谷 shān gǔ a valley
山僧 shān sēng a hermit (literally a "mountain monk")
冰山 bīng shān iceberg

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