山 shān mountain / hill (CL:座[zuo4]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on syn 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 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 浸泡 jìn pào to steep / to soak / to immerse syn 下山 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set 峭壁 qiào bì cliff / steep / precipice syn 山寨 shān zhài fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation syn 陡坡 dǒu pō steep slope / steep incline 暴跌 bào diē (economics) to slump / steep fall (in value etc) syn 荒山 huāng shān desert mountain / barren hill 锐减 銳減 ruì jiǎn steep decline 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) 峥嵘 崢嶸 zhēng róng towering / lofty and steep (mountains) / extraordinary / outstanding syn 景山 jǐng shān Jingshan (name of a hill in Jingshan park) 断崖 斷崖 duàn yá steep cliff / crag / precipice 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 高峻 gāo jùn high and steep 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 峻峭 jùn qiào high and steep syn 陡壁 dǒu bì steep cliff / precipice / vertical slope syn 泡 pào bubble / foam / blister / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions syn 浸 jìn to immerse / to soak / to steep / gradually syn 陀 tuó (phonetic) / declivity / steep bank 陵 líng mound / tomb / hill / mountain syn 陡 dǒu steep / precipitous / abrubtly / suddenly / unexpectedly syn 沏 qī to steep (tea) syn 岑 cén small hill 屹 yì high and steep syn 沤 漚 òu to steep / to macerate syn 坡路 pō lù sloping road / hill road 鹩哥 鷯哥 liáo gē (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) 福袋 fú dài fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount 麓 lù foot of a hill syn 浔 潯 xún name of a river / steep bank syn 崮 gù steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names) 岣 gǒu name of a hill in Hunan 垴 堖 nǎo small hill / used in geographic names 山包 shān bāo (dialect) hill syn 屺 qǐ (literary) a barren hill 童山濯濯 tóng shān zhuó zhuó treeless hill / (fig.) bald head 灰岩残丘 灰巖殘丘 huī yán cán qiū mogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform) 草山 cǎo shān Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong) 巉 chán (literary) steep / rugged / jagged / precipitous 巃 lóng steep / precipitous (of mountain) 崟 yín high / rugged mountains / steep 隒 yǎn the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other / the steep bank of a stream / a rough mountain path 危径 危徑 wēi jìng steep and perilous path 崖岸 yá àn cliff / steep slope / fig. arrogant and difficult person 浸沉 jìn chén to soak / to steep 陡峻 dǒu jùn precipitous / high and steep syn 陡崖 dǒu yá steep cliff / precipice 鸟道 鳥道 niǎo dào a road only a bird can manage / steep dangerous road 岌嶪 jí yè high and steep / towering / perilous 峣 嶢 yáo high / steep / to tower 嶟 zūn (literary) (of terrain) steep / precipitous 壁立千仞 bì lì - qiān rèn (idiom) (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep / lofty / imposing 断崖式 斷崖式 duàn yá shì (of a fall in price, temperature etc) steep / precipitous 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) 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 山地部落 hill tribe 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 