山寨 meaning in English

shānzhài

fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)

HSK 7-9noun17 strokes

Meaning of 山寨

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shānzhài
  1. fortified hill village
  2. mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)
  3. (fig.) knockoff (goods)
  4. counterfeit
  5. imitation

山寨 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ似sì乎hū不bù太tài喜xǐ欢huān小xiǎo米mǐ,我wǒ觉jué得de小xiǎo米mǐ是shì屌diǎo丝sī用yòng的de手shǒu机jī,就jiù是shì个gè山shān寨zhài机jī。
I don't really like Xiaomi phones, and I think that they're for losers. They're like knock-offs.

Stroke order for each character

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山 shān · mountain · 3 strokes

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寨 zhài · stockade · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 山寨.

爬山pá shānto go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)
登山dēngshānto climb a mountain; climbing
山区shānqūmountain area
山谷shāngǔvalley; ravine
山峰shānfēng(mountain) peak
山坡shānpōhillside
火山huǒshānvolcano
下山xiàshānto go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set
山顶shāndǐnghilltop
高山gāoshānhigh mountain; alpine mountain
冰山bīngshāniceberg; ice-covered mountain
山路shānlùmountain road

Questions about 山寨

What does 山寨 mean?

山寨 (shānzhài) means "fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 山寨?

山寨 is made of 2 characters: 山 (3 strokes), 寨 (14 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 山寨 an HSK word?

Yes. 山寨 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.