山坡 (shānpō): hillside; mountain slope

Meanings

A mountain slope — the side of a hill.

Shān pō shàng zhòng mǎn le guǒshù.

The hillside is planted with fruit trees.

Háizimen zài shān pō shàng pǎo lái pǎo qù.

Children run back and forth on the hillside.

Shān pō tài dǒu le, bù hǎo pá.

The hillside is too steep to climb.

usage

山坡 refers to the sloping surface of a hill. Compare: 山顶 (shān dǐng, mountaintop), 山脚 (shān jiǎo, foot of a mountain), 山谷 (shān gǔ, valley).

山 shān

坡 pō