山间

山間

shānjiān

noun #34,472

Meanings

1 between mountains
2 amid the mountains; in the hills

Characters

Examples

山间的小路弯弯曲曲。

Shānjiān de xiǎolù wān wān qū qū.

The little path winding through the mountains is twisty.

山间空气特别新鲜。

Shānjiān kōngqì tèbié xīnxiān.

The air in the mountains is especially fresh.

他住在山间的小屋里。

Tā zhù zài shānjiān de xiǎowū lǐ.

He lives in a small cottage in the mountains.

Tips

usage

Locative compound: 山 (mountain) + 间 (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

山 shān

间 jiān