文山

Wénshān

proper noun

Meanings

1 Wenshan, short for the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan, and its seat, the city of Wenshan

文天祥 Wén Tiānxiáng Wen Tianxiang · politician, 1236–1283

Characters

writing; culture

Examples

HSK 3

文山的三七非常有名。

Wénshān de sānqī fēicháng yǒumíng.

Wenshan's sanqi is very famous.

HSK 7-9

文山在云南东南部，和越南接壤。

Wénshān zài Yúnnán dōngnánbù, hé Yuènán jiērǎng.

Wenshan is in southeastern Yunnan and borders Vietnam.

Tips

usage

The full name is 文山壮族苗族自治州, for its two largest minority peoples. In the idiom 文山会海 'mountains of documents and seas of meetings', the first half means a pile of paperwork, not the place.

Stroke Order

文 wén

山 shān