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山崩 (shān bēng) — (noun) landslide; landslip; (verb phrase) (of a mountain) to collapse; to have a landslide

Definition

noun
landslidelandslip(verb phrase) (of a mountain) to collapseto have a landslide

Examples

  • 山崩，。
    Zuó tiān fā shēng le shān bēng, dǎo zhì dào lù bèi dǔ.
    A landslide occurred yesterday, causing the road to be blocked.
  • 山崩，。
    Nà zuò shān bēng le, xìng hǎo méi yǒu rén shòu shāng.
    That mountain collapsed; fortunately, no one was injured.
  • 山崩。
    Zhè ge dì qū jīng cháng fā shēng shān bēng.
    This area frequently experiences landslides.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

山shānmountain
崩bēngcollapse

山 names the mountain and 崩 says that it collapses.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
山山shānmountain
Sound part声符shēngfú
朋
朋péng崩bēng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

崩 uses 山 (mountain) to show a mountain collapsing, with 朋 added for the sound.

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Geography & Landforms

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