转山

轉山
zhuànshān
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to circle a sacred mountain on pilgrimage
  2. 2 kora, the pilgrimage walk around a mountain

Examples

HSK 6
Měi nián xiàtiān, hěnduō xìntú lái zhèli zhuànshān.
Every summer, many believers come here to walk around the mountain.
HSK 6
Zài Gāngrénbōqí zhuànshān yì quān yìbān yào zǒu sān tiān, lùshang hái yào fānguò yí ge wǔqiān duō mǐ gāo de shānkǒu.
One circuit of Mount Kailash usually takes three days, and on the way you cross a pass more than 5,000 metres high.

Tips

mistakes
转 is zhuàn "to go round", as in 转圈, not zhuǎn "to turn, change". The same zhuàn gives 转经, walking round a temple turning prayer wheels.
culture
Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims walk clockwise around sacred mountains such as 冈仁波齐 (Mount Kailash), while followers of the Bön religion walk the other way. At 冈仁波齐, a circuit made in a Year of the Horse is said to count as thirteen.

Stroke Order

转 zhuǎn
山 shān