蒙山 (Méng shān) — Mount Meng (a famous mountain in Shandong Province, China)

Definition

noun
Mount Meng (a famous mountain in Shandong Province, China)
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 蒙山。
    Qù nián xià tiān wǒ hé jiā rén yì qǐ qù le Méng shān lǚ yóu.
    Last summer I went to Mount Meng with my family for a trip.
  • 蒙山，。
    Méng shān De sēn lín fù gài lǜ gāo, kōng qì fēi cháng qīng xīn.
    Mount Meng has a high forest coverage rate, so the air is very fresh.
  • 蒙山。
    Chuán shuō zhōng Méng shān shì gǔ dài xiān rén jū zhù de dì fāng.
    According to legend, Mount Meng was where ancient immortals lived.

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.

蒙méngMeng
山shānmountain

The name 蒙 refers to Meng, and 山 means mountain, giving Mount Meng.

Characters in this word

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
冡
冡měng蒙méng
Same sound today

蒙 combines 艹 (grass) with 冡, which supplies the sound.

Open 蒙 →

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

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

Open 山 →

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