钟山

鍾山
Zhōngshān
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Zhong Mountain, another name for Purple Mountain on the eastern edge of Nanjing

Examples

HSK 4
Zhōngshān jiùshì Nánjīng de Zǐjīnshān.
Zhongshan is Nanjing's Purple Mountain.
HSK 7-9
Zhōngshānlíng jiàn zài Zhōngshān nánpō, shì Sūn Zhōngshān de língmù.
The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum stands on the southern slope of Zhongshan; it is Sun Yat-sen's tomb.

Tips

culture
In poems 钟山 stands for Nanjing itself. Mao's line 钟山风雨起苍黄 (1949) is about the capture of the city, and Wang Anshi's 钟山 只 隔 数 重 山 'Zhongshan lies only a few ranges of hills away' looks back at it from across the Yangtze.
mistakes
It sounds the same as 中山, Sun Yat-sen's best-known name. His tomb 中山陵 stands on 钟山, which makes the two easy to mix up.

Stroke Order

钟 zhōng
山 shān