山 (saan1) — mountain; hill; peak in Cantonese
saanˉ¹山
Mandarin Pinyin: shan1
Meaning of 山
nounmountain; hill; peak
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Example Sentences with 山
年卅呀晚呢度人山人海直情水泄不通
On the 30th night, this place will be completely filled with people, impossible to move.
爬到上山頂, 猛咁嗍氣。
I gasp for breath after climbing up the hilltop.
班山賊奸淫擄掠無惡不作
The gang of bandits rapes and pillages, and commits all kinds of atrocities.
niˉ¹呢diˉ¹啲saanˉ¹山louˍ₆路haiˍ₆係gam˗₃咁lakˉ¹𪙛kakˉ¹𠸉gaa˗₃㗎laa3,喇，cinˉ¹千keiˎ₄祈jiu˗₃要jungˍ₆用daiˉ¹低boˉ¹波haangˎ₄行aa˗₃呀。
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven.
而家噉嘅情況佢重有心情去游山玩水?
He still has the mood to go for sightseeing at a time like this?
Words Containing 山
山羌saan1 goeng1
Reeves's Muntjac (Formosan barking deer) | [粵]: 黃猄
山長水遠saan1 coeng4 seoi2 jyun5
to travel a large distance
山崖saan1 ngaai4
cliff
阿爾卑斯山aa3 ji5 bei1 si1 saan1
Alps, mountain range bordering Switzerland
坐這山望那山一事無成zo6 ze5 saan1 mong6 naa5 saan1 jat1 si6 mou4 sing4
sitting on this hill, looking over to another hill won't accomplish anything.
臺山話toi4 saan1 waa2
Toishanese (language)
活火山wut6 fo2 saan1
active volcano
山墳saan1 fan4
hillside burial
名落孫山ming4 lok6 syun1 saan1
fall behind Sun Shan (who was the last on the list of successful candidates)
古老石山gu2 lou5 sek6 saan1
old-fashioned
雪山syut3 saan1
snow capped
金山郊野公園gam1 saan1 gaau1 je5 gung1 jyun2
Kam Shan Country Park
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