五台山

五臺山

Wǔtáishān

proper noun

Meanings

1 Mount Wutai in Shanxi, one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains, seat of the bodhisattva Manjushri

Characters

terrace; platform

Examples

HSK 6

五台山有五座平顶的山峰，像五个高台，所以叫这个名字。

Wǔtáishān yǒu wǔ zuò píngdǐng de shānfēng, xiàng wǔ ge gāotái, suǒyǐ jiào zhège míngzi.

Mount Wutai has five flat-topped peaks that look like five high terraces, hence the name.

HSK 7-9

五台山上有很多寺庙。

Wǔtáishān shàng yǒu hěnduō sìmiào.

There are many temples on Mount Wutai.

Tips

culture

It is the seat of Manjushri (文殊菩萨), the bodhisattva of wisdom, and holy to Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhists as well as Chinese. Two of the oldest wooden buildings in China, the Tang dynasty halls of 南禅寺 and 佛光寺, stand in the area. It became a World Heritage site in 2009.

Stroke Order

五 wǔ

台 tái

山 shān