山 shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
山岭
shānlǐng
mountain ridge; hills
Characters in this word
岭 lǐng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 连绵的山岭阻隔了交通，也保存了许多罕见的植物群落。 Liánmián de shānlǐng zǔgé le jiāotōng, yě bǎocún le xǔduō hǎnjiàn de zhíwù qúnluò. The continuous mountain ridges obstructed transport, but also preserved many rare plant communities.
- 我们爬上山岭，眺望远处的村庄。 Wǒmen pá shang shānlǐng, tiàowàng yuǎnchù de cūnzhuāng. We climbed the mountain ridge and gazed at the village in the distance.
- 连绵的山岭像一条巨龙横卧在大地上。 Liánmián de shānlǐng xiàng yī tiáo jùlóng héngwò zài dàdì shang. The endless ridge lies across the land like a giant dragon.
Related words
- 山 shān mountain, hill
- 爬山 páshān to climb mountains; to hike
- 登山 dēngshān to climb a mountain
- 山区 shānqū mountain area
- 人山人海 rénshānrénhǎi a sea of people
- 山顶 shāndǐng mountaintop
- 山峰 shānfēng mountain peak
- 山坡 shānpō mountain slope
- 冰山一角 bīngshānyìjiǎo tip of the iceberg
- 火山 huǒshān volcano
- 江山 jiāngshān landscape; country; state power
- 山川 shānchuān mountains and rivers