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Hanzi

山

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])/(coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 1

Pinyin

shān

Bopomofo

ㄕㄢ

Jyutping

saan1

Example sentences

冰山 bīngshān
我們看到的只是冰山一角。
我们看到的只是冰山一角。

What we see is just the tip of the iceberg.

上山 shàngshān
我們明天打算上山看日出。
我们明天打算上山看日出。

We plan to go up the mountain tomorrow to see the sunrise.

搜救 sōujiù
救難隊出動大批人馬，上山搜救失蹤的登山客。
救难队出动大批人马，上山搜救失踪的登山客。

The rescue team dispatched a large number of people to search and rescue the missing mountain climbers.

Example Vocabulary

中山

zhong1'shan1

人山人海

ren2'shan1'ren2'hai3

佛山

冰山

bing1'shan1

iceberg

唐山

tang2'shan1

上山

shang4'shan1

to go up a mountain

中山市

丹霞山

九華山

jiu3'hua2'shan1

乳山

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