Chinese mnemonics and annotator
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山 shān mountain
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Chapter-09 HSK-A
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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 山 |
Shan was originally a picture of mountain peaks. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
山
shān
mountain/hill/anything that resembles a mountain/CL:座[zuo4]/bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons/gable/surname Shan
Phrases ending with the given character
不bù
周zhōu
山shān
Buzhou Mountain, a mountain from Chinese legend
丹dān
霞xiá
山shān
Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong
九九jiǔ
宫宮gōng
山山shān
Jiugongshan nature reserve in Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture 咸宁, Hubei
九jiǔ
嶷yí
山shān
Jiuyi mountain range in Hunan on the border with Guangdong
九九jiǔ
华華huá
山山shān
Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏
五wǔ
指zhǐ
山shān
Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan/Wuzhishan City, Hainan
五五wǔ
台臺tái
山山shān
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wen2 shu1]
井井jǐng
冈岡gāng
山山shān
Jinggangshan county level city in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi/Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region
伏fú
牛niú
山shān
Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qin2 ling3 shan1 mai4], Shaanxi
侃kǎn
大dà
山shān
to chatter idly/to gossip/to boast or brag
元元yuán
宝寶bǎo
山山shān
Yuanbaoshan district, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
八bā
公gōng
山shān
Bagongshan district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 shi4], Anhui
八bā
卦guà
山shān
Bagua Mountain, Taiwan
八八bā
宝寶bǎo
山山shān
Mt Babao in Haidian district of Beijing
六六liù
盘盤pán
山山shān
Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China
刘劉liú
云雲yún
山山shān
Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC career politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, from 2002 head of party Central Propaganda Section 中央宣传部
博bó
士shì
山shān
Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with a large Chinese community
和hé
歌gē
山shān
Wakayama prefecture in central Japan
唐táng
家jiā
山shān
area in Beichuan county Sichuan
乔喬qiáo
巴巴bā
山山shān
Choibalsan, city in Mongolia, capital of the eastern aimag (province) of Dornod/Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895-1952), Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic (mid-1930s-1952)
国國guó
会會huì
山山shān
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
大大dà
别別bié
山山shān
Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces
大大dà
屿嶼yǔ
山山shān
Lantau Island
大dà
箐qìng
山shān
mountain in Heilongjiang province
大dà
青qīng
山shān
mountain in Heilongjiang province
天tiān
台tāi
山shān
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1]
太tài
白bái
山shān
Mt Taibai in Shaanxi
太tài
行háng
山shān
Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi
孙孫sūn
中中zhōng
山山shān
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党/same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙
安安ān
禄祿lù
山山shān
An Lushan (703-757), famous general and favorite of Tang emperor Xuanzong, eventually precipitated catastrophic An Shi rebellion (755-763)
富fù
士shì
山shān
Mt. Fuji, Japan
小小xiǎo
汤湯tāng
山山shān
Xiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality
岳yuè
麓lù
山shān
Mt Yuelu in Changsha 長沙|长沙[Chang2 sha1], famous for scenery, temples and tombs
峨é
嵋méi
山shān
Mt Emei in Sichuan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Samantabhadra 普賢|普贤
峨é
眉méi
山shān
Mt Emei in Sichuan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Samantabhadra 普賢|普贤[Pu3 xian2]/Emeishan city
岘峴xiàn
首首shǒu
山山shān
Mt Xianshou in Hubei
昆崑kūn
仑崙lún
山山shān
Kunlun Mountain range
帽mào
天tiān
山shān
Mt Maotian in Chengjiang county 澄江縣|澄江县[Cheng2 jiang1 xian4], Yuxi, east Yunnan
平平píng
顶頂dǐng
山山shān
Pingdingshan prefecture level city in Henan
库庫kù
克克kè
山山shān
Mt Cook on New Zealand South Island, national park and highest peak
教jiào
堂táng
山shān
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
断斷duàn
背背bèi
山山shān
Brokeback Mountain, film by Ang Lee
方fāng
文wén
山shān
Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist
普pǔ
陀tuó
山shān
Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara)
智智zhì
异異yì
山山shān
Jirisan or Mount Chiri, mountain in the south of South Korea
桐tóng
柏bǎi
山shān
Tongbai mountain range, the watershed between Huai 淮河 and Han 漢江|汉江 rivers
橄橄gǎn
榄欖lǎn
山山shān
Mount of Olives (in the Christian passion story)
檀tán
香xiāng
山shān
Honolulu, capital of Hawaii/also transliterated as 火奴魯魯|火奴鲁鲁
武wǔ
功gōng
山shān
Mt Wugong in Jiangxi
武wǔ
夷yí
山shān
Mt Wuyi in Fujian/Wuyishan nature reserve/Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nan2 ping2] Fujian
武武wǔ
当當dāng
山山shān
Wudang Mountain range in northwest Hubei
洛luò
基jī
山shān
Rocky Mountains/also written 洛磯山|洛矶山
洛洛luò
矶磯jī
山山shān
Rocky Mountains
活huó
火huǒ
山shān
active volcano
汉漢hàn
拿拿ná
山山shān
Hallasan Mountain or Mount Halla, highest mountain in South Korea
火huǒ
焰yàn
山shān
Mountain of Flames of legend/fig. insurmountable obstacle/Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang
熊xióng
耳ěr
山shān
Mt Xiong'er national geological park in 棗莊|枣庄[Zao3 zhuang1], south Shandong
狮獅shī
子子zi
山山shān
Sierra Leone (Tw)/Shizishan or Lion Mountain/Shizishan district of Tongling city 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 shi4], Anhui
王wáng
岐qí
山shān
Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
琅瑯láng
玡琊yá
山山shān
Mt Langya in eastern Shandong
环環huán
形形xíng
山山shān
crater/ring-shaped mountain
白白bái
头頭tóu
山山shān
Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山|长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
石shí
咀jǔ
山shān
Shijushan or Shizuishan (place name)/variant of Shizuishan 石嘴山[Shi2 zui3 shan1], prefecture level city in Ningxia on the border with Inner Mongolia
石shí
嘴zuǐ
山shān
Shizuishan prefecture level city in Ningxia on the border with Inner Mongolia
石shí
景jǐng
山shān
Mt Shijing in 珠海市[Zhu1 hai3 shi4], Guangdong/Shijingshan inner district of west Beijing
砍kǎn
大dà
山shān
to chat (1980s Beijing slang)/to chew the fat
碾niǎn
子zi
山shān
Nianzishan district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
祁祁qí
连連lián
山山shān
Mt Qilian in Qinhai
祝zhù
枝zhī
山shān
Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
紫zǐ
金jīn
山shān
Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum
终終zhōng
南南nán
山山shān
Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an/also known as the Taiyi Mountains
罗羅luó
浮浮fú
山山shān
Mt Luofushan in Zengcheng county, Guangdong
罗羅luó
霄霄xiāo
山山shān
Luoxiao Mountains, mountain range straddling the border between Jiangxi and Hunan
旧舊jiù
金金jīn
山山shān
San Francisco, California
花huā
果guǒ
山shān
Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4], tourist destination/(also the name of mountains in other parts of China)
万萬wàn
寿壽shòu
山山shān
Longevity hill in Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing
万萬wàn
洋洋yáng
山山shān
Mt Wanyang between Jiangxi and Hunan
落luò
基jī
山shān
Rocky Mountains in West US and Canada
萧蕭xiāo
一一yī
山山shān
Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty
褒褒bāo
禅禪chán
山山shān
Mt Baochan in Anhui/formerly known as Mt Hua 華山|华山
西xī
乃nǎi
山shān
Mount Sinai
西xī
塞sài
山shān
Xisaishan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 shi4], Hubei
西xī
奈nài
山shān
Mount Sinai
许許xǔ
地地dì
山山shān
Xu Dishan (1893-1941), journalist, publisher and novelist
调調diào
兵兵bīng
山山shān
Mt Diaobingshan in Tieling/Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning
诸諸zhū
广廣guǎng
山山shān
Mt Zhuguang between Jiangxi and Hunan
象xiàng
鼻bí
山shān
Elephant trunk hill in Guilin
猫貓māo
儿兒ér
山山shān
Kitten Mountain, Guangxi
贺賀hè
兰蘭lán
山山shān
Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
赵趙zhào
本本běn
山山shān
Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
跑跑pǎo
马馬mǎ
山山shān
Paoma Mountain in Kangding 康定[Kang1 ding4], Sichuan
邛邛qióng
崃崍lái
山山shān
Mt Qionglai in west Sichuan, the watershed between Minjiang 岷江 and Daduhe 大渡河
金金jīn
刚剛gāng
山山shān
Kumgangsan Tourist Region in east North Korea
铜銅tóng
官官guān
山山shān
Tongguanshan district of Tongling city 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 shi4], Anhui
锡錫xī
安安ān
山山shān
Mount Zion
长長cháng
白白bái
山山shān
Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
阆閬láng
凤鳳fèng
山山shān
Langfeng Mountain/same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
阎閻yán
锡錫xī
山山shān
Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi
阿阿ā
尔爾ěr
山山shān
Arxan county level city, Mongolian Rashaant xot, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia
阿阿ā
苏蘇sū
山山shān
Aso volcano in Kyūshū 九州, Japan, a continuously active volcano
阿ā
里lǐ
山shān
Alishan, mountain range in Taiwan/Alishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
阳陽yáng
明明míng
山山shān
Mt Yangming in Hunan/Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
雀雀què
儿兒ér
山山shān
Chola Mountain in Sichuan
雁雁yàn
荡蕩dàng
山山shān
Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang
双雙shuāng
鸭鴨yā
山山shān
Shuangyashan prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
雪雪xuě
岳嶽yuè
山山shān
Seoraksan, mountain near Sokcho, South Korea
青qīng
城chéng
山shān
Mount Qingcheng
须須xū
弥彌mí
山山shān
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition/Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
马馬mǎ
鞍鞍ān
山山shān
Ma'anshan prefecture level city in Anhui
龙龍lóng
门門mén
山山shān
Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line/Mt Longmen in Shandong/Mt Longmen in Henan