山 shān mountain / hill (CL:座[zuo4]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on syn 部落 bù luò tribe syn 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 部族 bù zú tribe / clan syn 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise 山丘 shān qiū hill syn 沙丘 shā qiū sand dune / sandy hill syn 下山 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set 异族 異族 yì zú different tribe syn 山寨 shān zhài fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation syn 荒山 huāng shān desert mountain / barren hill 小丘 xiǎo qiū hill / knoll 山冈 山岡 shān gāng mound / small hill syn 香山 xiāng shān Fragrance Hill (a park in Beijing) 景山 jǐng shān Jingshan (name of a hill in Jingshan park) 山岳 山嶽 shān yuè mountain / hill / lofty mountain syn 黄花岗 黃花崗 huáng huā gǎng Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911 东夷 東夷 dōng yí Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC 亲族 親族 qīn zú relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc syn 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé jackals of the same tribe (idiom) / fig. They are all just as bad as each other. syn 国会山 國會山 guó huì shān Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. 象鼻山 xiàng bí shān Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi 陵 líng mound / tomb / hill / mountain syn 鞑 韃 dá Tartar / a tribe in China 岑 cén small hill 坡路 pō lù sloping road / hill road 鹩哥 鷯哥 liáo gē (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) 麓 lù foot of a hill syn 氐 dī name of an ancient tribe 獠 liáo fierce / hunt / name of a tribe 岘 峴 xiàn abbr. for 峴首山|岘首山[Xian4 shou3 shan1] / Mt Xianshou in Hubei / steep hill / used in place names 岣 gǒu name of a hill in Hunan 垴 堖 nǎo small hill / used in geographic names 猡 玀 luó name of a tribe 貊 mò name of a wild tribe / silent 狁 yǔn name of a tribe 金丝燕 金絲燕 jīn sī yàn Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup 山包 shān bāo (dialect) hill syn 鞨 hé buskin / name of a tribe / turban 靺 mò name of a tribe / socks / stockings 屺 qǐ (literary) a barren hill 童山濯濯 tóng shān zhuó zhuó treeless hill / (fig.) bald head 草山 cǎo shān Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong) 狫 lǎo name of a tribe 犵 qì name of a tribe 傜 yáo Yao tribe 猺 yáo Yao tribe 乌桓 烏桓 wū huán Wuhuan (nomadic tribe) 乞伏 qǐ fú tribe of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people 嗕 rù ancient tribe of northern China 羯族 jié zú Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century 羯胡 jié hú Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century 葛逻禄 葛邏祿 gě luó lù Qarluq or Karluk nomadic tribe, a Turkic ethnic minority in ancient times 有争议部落 有爭議部落 contested tribe 无争议的部族 無爭議的部族 non-contested tribe 猃狁 獫狁 xiǎn yǔn Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2] in the Qin and Han Dynasties 蚁族 蟻族 yǐ zú "ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career 垞 chá mound / small hill / (used in place names) 崶 fēng name of a legendary hill 礧 lèi roll stone down hill / stone pile 岨 qū rocky hill 砠 qū rocky hill 万寿山 萬壽山 wàn shòu shān Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing 屼 wù bare hill 希尔县 希爾縣 xī ěr xiàn Hill 九官鸟 九官鳥 jiǔ guān niǎo (Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) 坟山 墳山 fén shān hill cemetery / graveyard / grave / grave mound / low wall at the back of a traditional tomb syn 春岑 chūn cén Hill of Spring (derivation of Tel Aviv 特拉維夫|特拉维夫 from the book of Ezekiel 以西結書|以西结书) 灰岩残丘 灰巖殘丘 huī yán cán qiū mogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform) 钻粉 鑽粉 zuān fěn residue from drilling / slag hill 教堂山 jiào táng shān Chapel Hill, North Carolina 深海丘陵 shēn hǎi qiū líng abyssal hill 博士山 bó shì shān Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with a large Chinese community 塂 jiǎng (dialect) hill 嵄 měi mountain / hill 山蓝仙鹟 山藍仙鶲 shān lán xiān wēng (bird species of China) hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei) 山鹛 山鶥 shān méi (bird species of China) Beijing babbler / Chinese hill warbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis) 岩鸽 岩鴿 yán gē (bird species of China) hill pigeon (Columba rupestris) 环颈山鹧鸪 環頸山鷓鴣 huán jǐng shān zhè gū (bird species of China) hill partridge (Arborophila torqueola) 黑喉山鹪莺 黑喉山鷦鶯 hēi hóu shān jiāo yīng (bird species of China) hill prinia (Prinia superciliaris) 鿍 gàng hill / long and narrow highland / (used in place names) 岜 bā stony hill / rocky mountain / (used in place names) 嶅 áo hill strewn with stones / (used in place names) 滚石上山 滾石上山 gǔn shí shàng shān lit. to roll a boulder up a hill (like Sisyphus) (idiom) / fig. to engage in a highly challenging task with perseverance and determination 山根 shān gēn foot of a hill or mountain / (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes) syn 