How to say “mountaintop” in Chinese
mountaintop
“Mountaintop” in Chinese is 山顶, shān dǐng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
山顶 is read shān dǐng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
A picture of three peaks.
On the right, 页 “head”: the crown. On the left, 丁 dīng hints at the reading, as it also does in 订 dìng.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “山顶”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 山顶. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我们终于爬到了山顶。wǒmenzhōngyúpádàoleshāndǐngWe finally made it to the top.
- 山顶上冷不冷？shāndǐngshanglěngbulěngIs it cold at the top?
- 山顶的气温比山下低shāndǐngdeqìwēnbǐshānxiàdīThe temperature at the top is lower than at the foot of the mountain.
- 我一口气爬上了山顶。wǒyìkǒuqìpáshàngleshāndǐngI climbed to the top of the mountain in one go.
More words from the lesson “Peak, slope and altitude”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “mountaintop” in Chinese?
“Mountaintop” in Chinese is 山顶, pinyin shāndǐng.
What does 山顶 mean?
山顶 (shāndǐng) means “mountaintop”.
How do you write 山顶?
山顶 is 2 characters: 山 (shān) — mountain; 顶 (dǐng) — top of the head, top. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 山顶?
山顶 is read shāndǐng. Tones: shān — first tone, dǐng — third tone. The page has an audio recording.
“mountaintop” in the lesson “Peak, slope and altitude”
This word is from the topic “Land, sea, weather” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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