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shān

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shān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shān | shan1
English translation
various species of pine and fir

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About shān

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

shān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Other proper nouns / 其他专名 Qítā zhuān míng

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of shān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木彡

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

shān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and shān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shān

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商人 shāng rén zài 洛杉矶 Luò shān jī Néng zhēng hěn Gāo de 工资 gōngzī .

Businesswomen can earn high salaries in Los.

这儿 zhè r 有株山毛榉 shān máo jǔ zhū 铁杉 tiě shān cháng zài 一起 yīqǐ ,旁边 pángbiān 还有 hái yǒu Sān zhū 松树 sōng shù .

Here is a beech by the side of a hemlock, with three pines at hand.

凉爽 liáng shuǎng de 气候 qìhòu ,馨香 xīn xiāng de 气息 qì xī , 炎炎 yán yán 夏日 xià rì zǒu 一趟杉林溪,真的 ràng rén 心旷神怡 xīn kuàng shén yí .

Cool climate and fragrant odors. It's a perfect summer getaway.

de 整个 zhěnggè Mén dōu 正式 zhèngshì bèi 洛杉矶 Luò shān jī 警察局 jǐng chá jú de 反恐 fǎn kǒng 管辖 guǎnxiá le ne ?

My entire division is officially part of the L . A. P . D .'scounterterrorism bureau?

Sōng shù 雪松 xuě sōng 云杉 yún shān dōu shì Cháng 绿 de shù .

The pine, cedar and spruce are evergreens.

Words with shān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
洛杉矶 Luò shān jī Los Angeles, California洛杉磯
shān China fir shān
紫杉 zǐ shān Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata)紫杉 zǐ shān
云杉 yún shān spruce雲杉
水杉 shuǐ shān metasequoia水杉 shuǐ shān
柳杉 liǔ shān Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)柳杉 liǔ shān
铁杉 tiě shān Tsuga chinensis鐵杉
加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校 Jiā lì fú ní yà Dà xué Luò shān jī Fēn xiào UCLA加利福尼亞大學洛杉磯分校
杉山 Shān shān Sugiyama (Japanese surname)杉山 Shān shān
杉本 Shān běn Sugimoto (Japanese surname)杉本 Shān běn

shān Decomposition & Compounds

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