| 祁连山 | Qí lián shān | Mt Qilian in Qinhai |
| 山芋 | shān yù | sweet potato |
| 大别山 | Dà bié shān | Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces |
| 山海关 | Shān hǎi guān | Shanhai pass, the Eastern pass of the Great Wall; Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇岛市, Hebei |
| 登山 | dēng shān | to climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering |
| 黄山 | Huáng shān | Mt Huang; Yellow mountains; Huangshan prefecture level city centered around Huangshan Mountains in south Anhui |
| 平顶山 | Píng dǐng shān | Pingdingshan prefecture level city in Henan |
| 龙山 | Lóng shān | Dragon mountain; Longshan district of Liaoyuan city 辽源市, Jilin; Longshan county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州 |
| 峨眉山 | É méi shān | Mt Emei in Sichuan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Samantabhadra 普贤; Emeishan city |
| 乐山 | Lè shān | Leshan prefecture level city in Sichuan |
| 山歌 | shān gē | folk song; mountain song |
| 山海经 | Shān Hǎi Jīng | Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc |
| 巫山 | wū shān | Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges; Wushan county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan |
| 舟山 | Zhōu shān | Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands); formerly Dinghai 定海 |
| 韶山 | Sháo shān | Shaoshan county level city in Xiangtan 湘潭, Hunan |
| 山洪 | shān hóng | mountain flash flood; mountain torrent |
| 开山 | kāi shān | to cut into a mountain (to open a mine); to open a monastery |
| 香山 | xiāng shān | Fragrance Hill (a park in Beijing) |
| 山岳 | shān yuè | mountain; hill; lofty mountain |
| 山洞 | shān dòng | cavern; cave |
| 愚公移山 | yú gōng yí shān | the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way |
| 衡山 | Héng shān | Mt Heng in Hunan, southern of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳; Hengshan county in Hengyang 衡阳, Hunan |
| 安禄山 | Ān Lù shān | An Lushan (703-757), famous general and favorite of Tang emperor Xuanzong, eventually precipitated catastrophic An Shi rebellion (755-763) |
| 燕山 | Yān shān | Yan mountain range across north Hebei |
| 蒙山 | Méng shān | Mengshan county in Wuzhou 梧州, Guangxi |
| 金山 | Jīn shān | Jinshan suburban district of Shanghai; Chinshan township in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
| 山麓 | shān lù | foothills |
| 光山 | Guāng shān | Guangshan county in Xinyang 信阳, Henan |
| 山南 | Shān nán | Lhokha prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Lho kha |
| 阎锡山 | Yán Xī shān | Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi |
| 山庄 | shān zhuāng | manor house; villa; (used in hotel names) |
| 凤山 | Fèng shān | Fengshan county in Hezhou 贺州, Guangxi; Fengshan city in Taiwan |
| 佛山 | Fó shān | Foshan prefecture level city in Guangdong |
| 山药 | shān yao | Dioscorea opposita; yam |
| 巴山 | Bā shān | Mt Ba in eastern Sichuan |
| 霍山 | Huò shān | Huoshan county in Lu'an 六安, Anhui |
| 亚历山大 | Yà lì shān dà | Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name) |
| 山峦 | shān luán | mountain range; unbroken chain of peaks |
| 山阴 | Shān yīn | Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州, Shanxi |
| 避暑山庄 | bì shǔ shān zhuāng | mountain resort; Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site |
| 喜马拉雅山 | Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ shān | Himalayas |
| 灵山 | Líng shān | Lingshan county in Qinzhou 钦州, Guangxi |
| 安第斯山脉 | Ān dì sī shān mài | Andes mountain chain of South America |
| 山城 | Shān chéng | Shancheng district of Hebi city 鹤壁市, Henan |
| 翻山越岭 | fān shān yuè lǐng | to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey |
| 高山族 | Gāo shān zú | Gaoshan or mountain tribes indigenous ethnic group of Taiwan |
| 山东半岛 | Shān dōng bàn dǎo | Shandong Peninsula |
| 龟山 | Guī shān | Guishan or Kueishan township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan |
| 五指山 | Wǔ zhǐ shān | Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan; Wuzhishan City, Hainan |
| 安第斯山 | Ān dì sī shān | the Andes mountain range |
