山 (shān) means Mountain (hill - iceberg). Below are 24 of the 81 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
山 上一片青色。
Shān shàng yí piàn qīng sè.
The mountain is a stretch of green.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 青
山 上可能有蛇。
Shān shàng kěnéng yǒu shé.
There may be snakes on the mountain.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 蛇
他的籍贯是 山 东。
Tā de jíguàn shì Shāndōng.
His ancestral home is Shandong.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 籍贯
他家在半 山 坡上。
Tā jiā zài bàn shān pō shang.
His home is halfway up the slope.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坡
这座 山 非常雄伟。
Zhè zuò shān fēicháng xióngwěi.
This mountain is truly majestic.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雄伟
周末我们去爬 山 吧。
Zhōumò wǒmen qù páshān ba.
Let's go hiking up the mountain this weekend.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 爬山
我周末经常去爬 山 。
Wǒ zhōumò jīngcháng qù páshān.
I often go hiking at the weekend.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 周末
山 上的空气很新鲜。
Shān shàng de kōngqì hěn xīnxiān.
The air in the mountains is very fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 空气
山 顶上的风景很美。
Shān dǐng shàng de fēngjǐng hěn měi.
The view from the mountain top is beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 顶
山 上形成了一层雾。
Shān shàng xíngchéng le yì céng wù.
A layer of mist formed on the mountain.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 形成
山 谷里弥漫着晨雾。
Shāngǔ lǐ mímànzhe chénwù.
Morning mist filled the valley.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 弥漫
这个盆地四面环 山 。
Zhège péndì sìmiàn huán shān.
This basin is ringed by mountains on all sides.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盆地
山 泉的水非常清澈。
Shānquán de shuǐ fēicháng qīngchè.
The water of the mountain spring is crystal clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 清澈
这条 山 脉横贯东西。
Zhè tiáo shānmài héngguàn dōngxī.
This mountain range runs from east to west.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 山脉
山 顶上有一座古塔。
Shāndǐng shang yǒu yí zuò gǔ tǎ.
There is an ancient pagoda on the hilltop.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 塔
山 脚下有一条小溪。
Shānjiǎo xià yǒu yì tiáo xiǎo xī.
There is a small stream at the foot of the mountain.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 溪
Reading these is one thing; producing 山 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
我们想在 山 上看日出。
wǒmen xiǎng zài shānshàng kàn / kān rìchū.
We wanted to see the sunrise from the top.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
到 山 上的时候，天还是黑的。
dào shānshàng de / dì shíhou, tiān háishì hēi de / dì.
When we got to the top it was still dark.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
我们坐了五个小时的车才到那座 山 。
wǒmen zuò le / liǎo / liào wǔ gè xiǎoshí de / dì chē cái dào nà / nèi zuò shān.
It took five hours by coach to reach the mountain.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
火车开了以后，我看见了很多 山 和田。
huǒchē kāile yǐhòu, wǒ kànjiànle hěnduō shān hé tián.
After the train pulled out I saw a lot of hills and fields.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
第一天，我们住在 山 下的一个小旅馆。
dìyī tiān, wǒmen zhù zài shān xià de / dì yīgè xiǎo lǚguǎn.
On the first day we stayed in a small hotel at the foot of the mountain.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
上 山 的路很长，我们走了三个小时，非常累。
shàngshān de / dì lù hěn cháng / zhǎng, wǒmen zǒule sān gè xiǎoshí, fēicháng lèi / léi / lěi.
The path up was long; we walked three hours and were exhausted.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
然后，太阳慢慢地出来了， 山 上的风景美极了。
ránhòu, tàiyáng mànmàn dì / de chūlai le / liǎo / liào, shānshàng de / dì fēngjǐng měi jí le / liǎo / liào.
Then the sun came up slowly, and the view was stunning.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
山 appears in 81 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 山
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 山
How is 山 used in a sentence?
This page shows 81 sentences using 山 (shān, "Mountain (hill - iceberg)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 山 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 山 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 山?
The dictionary page for 山 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
Keep going
Read the full entry for 山, write a sentence of your own and check it in the Pinyin Annotator, or search the whole sentence bank for another word.
Another word
Chinese, pinyin or English. Tone marks optional.