杉

shān

noun #6,969

Measure Word

一棵杉树 kē

Meanings

1 fir tree
2 China fir
3 cedar

Characters

Examples

山上种了很多杉树。

Shān shàng zhòng le hěn duō shānshù.

Many fir trees were planted on the mountain.

杉木是很好的建筑材料。

Shānmù shì hěn hǎo de jiànzhù cáiliào.

Fir wood is a great building material.

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usage

杉 usually appears in compounds: 杉树 (fir tree), 杉木 (fir wood), 水杉 (dawn redwood). Rarely used alone in modern Chinese.

Stroke Order

杉 shān