HSK 6 · Places

山脉 shānmài “mountain range” in Chinese

Traditional 山脈

What 山脉 means

  1. mountain range

Measure word 条 tiáo · 一条山脉 yì tiáo shānmài

How to say 山脉

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale山shān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale脉mài4th tone, falling

山脉 in a sentence

  1. 喜马拉雅山脉是位于亚洲大陆的山脉。

    Xǐmǎlāyǎ shānmài shì wèiyú Yàzhōu dàlù de shānmài.

    The Himalayas are a mountain range located on the Asian continent.

    Sentence #13575791 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 喜马拉雅山脉比阿尔卑斯山脉高。

    Xǐmǎlāyǎ shānmài bǐ Ā'ěrbēisī shānmài gāo.

    The Himalayas are higher than the Alps.

    Sentence #13575768 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 明天，我将飞越雄伟的喜马拉雅山脉。

    Míngtiān, wǒ jiāng fēiyuè xióngwěi de Xǐmǎlāyǎ shānmài.

    Tomorrow I’ll fly over the magnificent Himalayas.

    Sentence #13575790 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 山脉 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 山 (shān) with each of its parts in a different colour
山shānmountain; hill
  • 丨line · gǔn
  • 凵open box · kǎn

Memory aidDrawn from three mountain peaks: mountain.

The character 脉 (mài) with each of its parts in a different colour
脉màiarteries and veins
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 永long · yǒng

How to write 山脉

山 3 strokes · 脉 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

山脉 (shānmài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 山脉 (shānmài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 山脉

Words with 山

山shān · mountain爬山páshān · mountain climbing

Words with 脉

动脉dòngmài · artery脉搏màibó · pulse

More words: Places & Geography

坡pō · slope丘陵qiūlíng · hills区域qūyù · area上游shàngyóu · upper reaches (of a river)省会shěnghuì · provincial capital寺庙sìmiào · temple塔tǎ · tower亭子tíngzi · pavilion

FAQs

山脉 (shānmài) means “mountain range”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shānmài: shān with a 1st tone, then mài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 山脉 is written 山脈. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 条 (tiáo). For example, one mountain range is 一条山脉 (yì tiáo shānmài).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shanmai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 山脉 from the suggestions. Typing shanmai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
山脉 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.