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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.
As a radical[edit | edit source]
It's a radical in other characters like :
崗/岗 | gǎng | Mountain |
島/岛 | dǎo | Island |
岸 | àn | Shore |
岩 | yán | Rock |
峰 | fēng | Peak |
崩 | bēng | Landslide |
岭 | 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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