| 山 | shān | mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; CL:座; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable; surname Shan |
| 山东 | Shān dōng | Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 鲁, capital 济南 |
| 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 |
| 山坡 | shān pō | hillside |
| 山水 | shān shuǐ | landscape; Sansui, Japanese company |
| 山脉 | shān mài | mountain range; CL:条 |
| 山河 | shān hé | mountains and rivers; the whole country |
| 山谷 | shān gǔ | valley |
| 山头 | shān tóu | mountain top |
| 山顶 | shān dǐng | hilltop |
| 山羊 | shān yáng | goat |
| 山峰 | shān fēng | (mountain) peak |
| 山脚 | shān jiǎo | foot of a mountain |
| 山沟 | shān gōu | valley; gully; mountain region |
| 山路 | shān lù | mountain road |
| 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 |
| 山岭 | shān lǐng | mountain ridge |
| 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 |
| 山芋 | shān yù | sweet potato |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 山洪 | shān hóng | mountain flash flood; mountain torrent |
| 山岳 | shān yuè | mountain; hill; lofty mountain |
| 山洞 | shān dòng | cavern; cave |
| 山麓 | shān lù | foothills |
| 山南 | Shān nán | Lhokha prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Lho kha |
| 山庄 | shān zhuāng | manor house; villa; (used in hotel names) |
| 山药 | shān yao | Dioscorea opposita; yam |
| 山峦 | shān luán | mountain range; unbroken chain of peaks |
| 山阴 | Shān yīn | Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州, Shanxi |
| 山城 | Shān chéng | Shancheng district of Hebi city 鹤壁市, Henan |
| 山东半岛 | Shān dōng bàn dǎo | Shandong Peninsula |
| 山崖 | shān yá | cliff |
| 山茶 | shān chá | camellia |
| 山乡 | shān xiāng | mountain area |
| 山门 | shān mén | monastery main gate (Buddhism); monastery |
| 山崩 | shān bēng | landslide; landslip |
| 山水画 | shān shuǐ huà | landscape painting |
| 山阳 | Shān yáng | Shangyang district of Jiaozuo city 焦作市, Henan; Shanyang county in Shāngluò 商洛, Shǎnxī |
| 山冈 | shān gāng | mound; small hill |
| 山上 | Shān shàng | Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 山上乡 | Shān shàng xiāng | Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 山丘 | shān qiū | hill |
| 山中圣训 | shān zhōng shèng xùn | the Sermon on the Mount |
| 山丹 | Shān dān | Shandan county in Zhangye 张掖, Gansu |
