| 山 | shān | mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; CL:座; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable; surname Shan |
| 孙中山 | Sūn Zhōng shān | Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 国民党; same as 孙逸仙 |
| 山东 | Shān dōng | Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 鲁, capital 济南 |
| 矿山 | kuàng shān | mine |
| 山西 | Shān xī | Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原 |
| 山区 | shān qū | mountain area; CL:个 |
| 山地 | shān dì | mountainous region; hilly area; hilly country |
| 高山 | gāo shān | high mountain; alpine |
| 山坡 | shān pō | hillside |
| 上山 | shàng shān | to go uphill; to spin cocoon (silkworms); to pass away |
| 山水 | shān shuǐ | landscape; Sansui, Japanese company |
| 山脉 | shān mài | mountain range; CL:条 |
| 井冈山 | Jǐng gāng shān | Jinggangshan county level city in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi; Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region |
| 山河 | shān hé | mountains and rivers; the whole country |
| 唐山 | Táng shān | Tang Shan prefecture level city in Hebei |
| 山谷 | shān gǔ | valley |
| 深山 | shēn shān | deep in the mountains |
| 山头 | shān tóu | mountain top |
| 青山 | qīng shān | green hills; (the good) life; Qingshan district of Wuhan city 武汉市, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city 包头市, Inner Mongolia |
| 山顶 | shān dǐng | hilltop |
| 江山 | jiāng shān | rivers and mountains; landscape; country; Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州, Zhejiang |
| 华山 | Huà shān | Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳 |
| 中山 | Zhōng shān | refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen; Nakayama, common Japanese surname (borrowed by Sun Yat-sen); Zhongshan prefecture level city in Guangdong close to Sun Yat-Sen's birth-place |
| 山羊 | shān yáng | goat |
| 泰山 | Tài shān | Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳; Taishan township in Taipei county 台北县, Taiwan |
| 天山 | Tiān shān | Tianshan mountain range between XinJiang and Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan |
| 上山下乡 | shàng shān xià xiāng | to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers); forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals |
| 山峰 | shān fēng | (mountain) peak |
| 山脚 | shān jiǎo | foot of a mountain |
| 火山 | huǒ shān | volcanic; volcano |
| 宝山 | Bǎo shān | Baoshang district of Shanghai; Baoshan district of Shuangyashan city 双鸭山, Heilongjiang; Baoshan or Paoshan township in Hsinchu county 新竹县, northwest Taiwan |
| 山沟 | shān gōu | valley; gully; mountain region |
| 山路 | shān lù | mountain road |
| 象山 | Xiàng shān | Xiangshan district of Guilin city 桂林市, Guangxi; Xiangshan county in Ningbo 宁波, Zhejiang |
| 靠山 | kào shān | patron; supporter; close to a mountain |
| 山寨 | shān zhài | fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits); fig. outside government supervision; evading tax or copyright law; knockoff (goods); imitation; parody |
| 庐山 | Lú shān | Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi; Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot |
| 山岭 | shān lǐng | mountain ridge |
| 出山 | chū shān | to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take a leading position |
| 鞍山 | Ān shān | Anshan prefecture level city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China |
| 梁山 | Liáng shān | Liangshan city and county in Ji'ning 济宁, Shandong |
| 长白山 | Cháng bái shān | Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology |
| 名山 | Míng shān | famous mountain; Mingshan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan |
| 南山 | Nán shān | Nanshan or Namsan, common place name; Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong |
| 山口 | Shān kǒu | Yamaguchi (name and place name); Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州 |
| 山东省 | Shān dōng shěng | Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 鲁, capital Ji'nan 济南 |
| 山腰 | shān yāo | halfway up a mountain; lit. waist of mountain |
| 旧金山 | Jiù jīn shān | San Francisco, California |
| 东山 | Dōng shān | Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian; Tungshan township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 北山 | Běi shān | northern mountain; refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan |
