衡山

Héngshān
proper noun #79,948

Meanings

  1. 1 Mount Heng in Hunan, the southern peak of the Five Sacred Mountains

Examples

HSK 4
Héngshān shì Wǔyuè lǐ zuì nánbian de yí zuò.
Mount Heng is the southernmost of the Five Sacred Mountains.
HSK 5
Yéye nǎinai měi nián qiūtiān dōu qù Héngshān shāoxiāng.
My grandparents go to Mount Heng every autumn to burn incense.

Tips

mistakes
衡山 in Hunan, the southern peak, and 恒山 in Shanxi, the northern one, sound exactly alike. Tell them apart by the character: 衡 'balance' in the south, 恒 'constant' in the north.
culture
Called 南岳 for short, it is a busy pilgrimage mountain for both Buddhists and Daoists. Its highest peak, 祝融峰, is named after the fire god Zhurong.

Stroke Order

衡 héng
山 shān