山 shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
山脉
shānmài
mountain range
Characters in this word
脉 mài
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 永 long
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这条山脉不仅决定了河流走向，也深刻影响了两侧的气候差异。 Zhè tiáo shānmài bùjǐn juédìng le héliú zǒuxiàng, yě shēnkè yǐngxiǎng le liǎng cè de qìhòu chāyì. This mountain range not only determines the direction of rivers, but also profoundly affects the climate differences on both sides.
- 这些山脉形成了天然的边界。 Zhèxiē shānmài xíngchéng le tiānrán de biānjiè. These mountain ranges form a natural boundary.
- 汽车沿着盘山公路翻过了山脉。 Qìchē yánzhe pánshān gōnglù fānguò le shānmài. The car crossed the mountain range along a winding road.
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