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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[shān]
  1. 1. noun [地质] mountain
    mountain range
  2. 2. noun [似山之物]
    iceberg
    人海
    crowds of people

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[shān]
  1. 1. noun hill; mountain;Mt
    一座高
    a high mountain
  2. 2. noun anything resembling a mountain
    an icy mountain
  3. 3. noun a bunch of straw in which silkworms spin cocoons
    蚕上了。
    The silkworms have gone into the straw bundles to spin their cocoons.
  4. 4. noun gable

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[shān]
  1. 1. 地面上由土、石形成的巨大而高耸的部分
    村子四周都是
    清水秀
    区。
  2. 2. 的东西
    墙。
  3. 3. 指蚕蔟,供蚕吐丝做茧的设备
    蚕上
  4. 4. 比喻巨大的声音
    锣鼓敲得
    呼万岁。

Examples

的半中腰有一座亭子。
A pavilion is halfway up the hill.
的高度
the height of a mountain
滑移约5万立方米。
There was landslide of over 50,000 cubic meters of earth.
这座介于两县之间。
The mountain lies between two counties.
之险峻,宁有逾此?
Could there be a mountain more precipitous than this?
爬树(绳,)
climb a tree (rope, mountain)
太阳落了,地上还是热腾腾的。
The sun had set, but the ground was still very hot.
又高又陡,而且雪深没膝,爬上去好险呀。
The mountain was high and steep, and the snow knee-deep. It was really dangerous to climb.
被浓雾遮没了。
The hills were covered in thick mist.
一座
a mountain

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[qiǎn,kǎn]
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[gǔn,shù]

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