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山脉 meaning in English

shānmài

mountain range

Traditional 山脈12 strokes

Meaning of 山脉

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shānmài
  1. mountain range

Measure word: 條|条

山脉 in example sentences

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

我wǒ在zài亚yà平píng宁níng山shān脉mài看kàn到dào了le狼láng。
I saw wolves in the Appennines.
喜xǐ马mǎ拉lā雅yǎ山shān脉mài比bǐ阿ā尔ěr卑bēi斯sī山shān脉mài高gāo。
The Himalayas are higher than the Alps.
喜xǐ马mǎ拉lā雅yǎ山shān脉mài是shì位wèi于yú亚yà洲zhōu大dà陆lù的de山shān脉mài。
The Himalayas are a mountain range located on the Asian continent.
你nǐ凭píng什shén么me认rèn为wéi中zhōng东dōng比bǐ安ān地dì斯sī山shān脉mài更gèng重zhòng要yào？
What makes you think the Middle East is more important than the Andes?
阿ā尔ěr卑bēi斯sī山shān脉mài横héng跨kuà八bā个gè欧ōu洲zhōu国guó家jiā。
The Alps extend across eight European countries.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

山 shān · mountain · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

脉 mài · a pulse · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 山脉.

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
脉搏màibópulse (both medical and figurative)
高山gāoshānhigh mountain; alpine mountain
血脉xuèmàiblood vessels

Questions about 山脉

What does 山脉 mean?

山脉 (shānmài) means "mountain range".

How do you write 山脉?

山脉 is made of 2 characters: 山 (3 strokes), 脉 (9 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

How is 山脉 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 山脉 is written 山脈.