山西
Shān xī
Pinyin

Definition

山西
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Shān xī
  1. Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

唐山
Táng shān
  1. 1 Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei
山
Shān
  1. 1 surname Shan
山东
Shān dōng
  1. 1 Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Jǐ nán]
东西
dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
江山
Jiāng shān
  1. 1 Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qú zhōu], Zhejiang
西
Xī
  1. 1 the West
  2. 2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]
  3. 3 Spanish
西安
Xī ān
  1. 1 Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shǎn xī Shěng] in northwest China
  2. 2 see 西安區|西安区[Xī ān qū]
西瓜
xī guā
  1. 1 watermelon
  2. 2 CL:顆|颗[kē],粒[lì],個|个[ge]
西游记
Xī yóu Jì
  1. 1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
  2. 2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
赵本山
Zhào Běn shān
  1. 1 Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
上山
shàng shān
  1. 1 to go uphill
  2. 2 to spin cocoon (silkworms)
  3. 3 to pass away
下山
xià shān
  1. 1 (of the sun) to set
中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
中山市
Zhōng shān shì
  1. 1 Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng] in south China, close to Dr Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
中西
Zhōng Xī
  1. 1 China and the West
  2. 2 Chinese-Western
九华山
Jiǔ huá shān
  1. 1 Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏
乳山
Rǔ shān
  1. 1 Rushan county level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong
五指山
Wǔ zhǐ shān
  1. 1 Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan
  2. 2 Wuzhishan City, Hainan
井冈山
Jǐng gāng Shān
  1. 1 Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region
亚历山大
Yà lì shān dà
  1. 1 Alexander (name)
  2. 2 Alexandria (town name)

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
名落孙山
míng luò Sūn Shān
  1. 1 lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sūn Shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail an exam
  3. 3 to fall behind (in a competition)
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
地动山摇
dì dòng shān yáo
  1. 1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
  1. 1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
坐山观虎斗
zuò shān guān hǔ dòu
  1. 1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
  2. 2 watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)
执法如山
zhí fǎ rú shān
  1. 1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
堆积如山
duī jī rú shān
  1. 1 to pile up like a mountain (idiom)
  2. 2 a mountain of (paperwork etc)
  3. 3 a large number of sth
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
  1. 1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
  2. 2 Long may you live!
夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià
  1. 1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
  1. 1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hell freezes over
  3. 3 pigs can fly
小山包包
xiǎo shān bāo bao
  1. 1 a landscape dotted with low hills and hillocks (idiom)
山外有山，天外有天
shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān
  1. 1 (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better
  2. 2 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself

Sample Sentences

先生说，“错了。是山西，不是陕西。”他说：“陕西同山西，不是差不多吗？”
xiānsheng shuō ，“cuò le 。shì Shānxī ，búshi Shǎnxī 。”tā shuō ：“Shǎnxī tóng Shānxī ，búshi chàbuduō ma ？”
“Wrong!” the teacher corrected him. “It is Shanxi not Shaanxi.” Mr. Chabuduo said, “Well aren't Shanxi and Shaanxi just about the same?"
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在长宁路中山西路。
zài Chángníng lù Zhōngshānxī lù 。
At Changning Road and West Zhongshan Road.
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师傅，我去山西路。
shīfu ，wǒ qù Shānxī Lù 。
Driver, I'm going to Shanxi Road.
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那我就在山西路和南京路路口下车吧。
nà wǒ jiù zài Shānxī Lù hé Nánjīng Lù lùkǒu xiàchē ba 。
Then I'll just get off at the corner of Shanxi Road and Nanjing Road.
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你回来啦！去山西玩得怎么样？
nǐ huílai la ！qù Shānxī wán de zěnmeyàng ？
You're back! How was Shanxi?
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挺好的。山西的面食真好吃。
tǐng hǎo de 。Shānxī de miànshí zhēn hǎochī 。
Great. The noodles in Shanxi are really good.
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不过在山西不能穿白衣服。
bùguò zài Shānxī bùnéng chuān báiyīfu 。
But in Shanxi you can't wear white clothing.
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山西煤太多了，白衣服很快就变黑了！
Shānxī méi tài duō le ，báiyīfu hěnkuài jiù biàn hēi le ！
There's too much coal in Shanxi. White clothes turn black quickly!
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对，那是在跑旱船，这种表演在山西比较流行。
duì ，nà shì zài pǎohànchuán ，zhèzhǒng biǎoyǎn zài Shānxī bǐjiào liúxíng 。
Yeah. That's the 'running-on-land-boat' dance. This kind of performance is quite popular in Shanxi province.
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哟，你这问题可够尖锐的，让我觉得有弦外之音啊！吃醋嘛，要看是镇江香醋还是山西老陈醋，是苹果醋还是梅子醋，还要看是做糖醋排骨还是西湖醋鱼，还得讲究......
yō ，nǐ zhè wèntí kě gòu jiānruì de ，ràng wǒ juéde yǒu xiánwàizhīyīn a ！chīcù ma ，yào kàn shì Zhènjiāng xiāngcù hái shì Shānxī lǎochéncù ，shì píngguǒ cù hái shì méizǐ cù ，háiyàokàn shì zuò tángcùpáigǔ hái shì xīhúcùyú ，hái děi jiǎngjiu ......
Oh, that's a sharp question! I feel like you're implying something! Vinegar...well, that depends whether it's aged Zhenjiang vinegar, or rice vinegar from Shanxi, if it's apple vinegar or plum vinegar, and then you have to see whether you're making sweet-and-sour pork or West Lake-style fish. And then you have to look at--
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