山 shān mountain; hill (CL: 座 zuò)(coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons onsurname Shan Example sentences 我家旁边有一座山。 wǒ jiā pángbiān yǒu yī zuò shān. There's a mountain next to my house 山的下面是海边。 shān de xiàmiàn shì hǎibiān. There is a beach at the foot of the mountain