How to say “hillside” in Chinese
hillside, mountain slope
“Hillside” in Chinese is 山坡, shān pō: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
山坡 is read shān pō: 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 left, 土 “earth”; on the right, 皮 pí, as in 破 pò.
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 “山坡”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 山坡. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 山坡上开满了鲜花shānpōshangkāimǎnlexiānhuāThe hillside is covered in flowers.
More words from the lesson “Peak, slope and altitude”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “hillside” in Chinese?
“Hillside” in Chinese is 山坡, pinyin shānpō.
What does 山坡 mean?
山坡 (shānpō) means “hillside, mountain slope”.
How do you write 山坡?
山坡 is 2 characters: 山 (shān) — mountain; 坡 (pō) — slope. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 山坡?
山坡 is read shānpō. Tones: shān — first tone, pō — first tone. The page has an audio recording.
“hillside” 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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