山

shān

HSK 3

山 — shān

1. mountain; hill

   我们周末去爬山吧。 wǒmen zhōumò qù páshān ba — Let's go climb mountains this weekend.

2. (colloquial) a small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

   养蚕人把蚕放到山上让它们结茧。 yǎngcán rén bǎ cán fàngdào shānshàng ràng tāmen jié jiǎn — The silkworm farmer places the silkworms onto the straw bundles so they can spin cocoons.

3. surname Shan

   山先生是我们班的新老师。 shān xiānshēng shì wǒmen bān de xīn lǎoshī — Mr. Shan is our class's new teacher.