梅里雪山

Méilǐ Xuěshān

proper noun

Meanings

1 Meili Snow Mountains, range in Deqen, north-west Yunnan, sacred in Tibetan Buddhism

Characters

plum (梅里, sound of a local name)

Examples

HSK 4

梅里雪山在云南的西北部。

Méilǐ Xuěshān zài Yúnnán de xīběibù.

The Meili Snow Mountains are in north-west Yunnan.

HSK 7-9

梅里雪山的主峰卡瓦格博到现在还没有人登顶过。

Méilǐ Xuěshān de zhǔfēng Kǎwǎgébó dào xiànzài hái méiyǒu rén dēngdǐng guo.

No one has ever reached the top of Kawagebo, the main peak of the Meili Snow Mountains.

Tips

culture

Its highest peak, 卡瓦格博 (6,740 m), is one of the holiest mountains of Tibetan Buddhism. Climbing it has been banned since 2001; pilgrims walk the long circuit round it instead. The short form is 梅里.

Stroke Order

梅 méi

里 lǐ

雪 xuě

山 shān