山
川

Mountains and rivers in Chinese: 山川 (shān chuān)

shān chuān

mountains and rivers

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Definitions

  1. 1mountains and rivers
  2. 2landscape

Stroke order

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山
川

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄢ

shān

ㄕ/ shㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄔㄨㄢ

chuān

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 这里的山川美得让人难忘。

    zhè lǐ de shān chuān měi dé ràng rén nán wàng。

    The landscape here is unforgettably beautiful.

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Related words

山

shān

mountain

爬山

pá shān

to climb a mountain

登山

dēng shān

to climb a mountain

山区

shān qū

mountain area

山峰

shān fēng

(mountain) peak

山谷

shān gǔ

valley

山坡

shān pō

hillside

冰山

bīng shān

iceberg

出山

chū shān

to leave the mountain (of a hermit)

高山

gāo shān

high mountain

火山

huǒ shān

volcano

山顶

shān dǐng

hilltop

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