山间

山間
shānjiān
noun #34,472

Meanings

  1. 1 between mountains
  2. 2 amid the mountains; in the hills

Examples

HSK 4
Shānjiān kōngqì tèbié xīnxiān.
The air in the mountains is especially fresh.
HSK 5
Tā zhù zài shānjiān de xiǎowū lǐ.
He lives in a small cottage in the mountains.
HSK 7-9
山间小路弯弯曲曲
Shānjiān de xiǎolù wānwānqūqū.
The little path winding through the mountains is twisty.

Tips

usage
Locative compound: (mountain) + (between, amid). Frequent in literary description of landscape (山间小路, 山间溪流, 山间野花). Roughly the literary counterpart of the everyday 山里 ('in the mountains'); 山间 carries a more poetic register.

Stroke Order

shān
jiān