大山 (dà shān) — huge mountain | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

huge mountain

Measure word · 座

Examples

大山。
Zhè zuò dà shān fēi cháng xióng wěi.
This huge mountain is very majestic.
大山。
Wǒ men huā le yì zhěng tiān fān yuè dà shān.
We spent a whole day crossing the huge mountain.
大山。
dà shān De hòu miàn yǒu yí gè xiǎo cūn zhuāng.
There is a small village behind the huge mountain.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

山shānmountain

A 大 large 山 mountain makes a huge mountain.

Characters in this word

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

Appears in

Geography & Landforms

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