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山
shān
Main
English Definitionmountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable; (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script山
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinshān
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping)saan1
Part of Speech(名) noun
Measure Words座
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2

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Words With Same Head Word    
山区shānqūmountain area
山地shāndìmountainous region; hilly area; hilly country
山谷shāngǔvalley; ravine
山峰shānfēng(mountain) peak
山脉shānmàimountain range
Words With Same Tail Word    
登山dēngshānto climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering
中山zhōngshānrefers to Dr Sun Yat-sen; Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace; Nakayama (Japanese surname)
佛山fóshānFoshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
上山shàngshānto go uphill; to spin cocoon (silkworms); to pass away
高山gāoshānhigh mountain; alpine
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