| 1 | 山 | 山 | shān | Shan1 | mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; Classifiers: 座 ; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable; surname Shan | | |
| 2 | 山东 | 山東 | shān dōng | Shan1 dong1 | Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 鲁 , capital Jinan 济南 | | |
| 3 | 山区 | 山區 | shān qū | shan1 qu1 | mountain area; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 山上 | 山上 | shān shàng | Shan1 shang4 | Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南县 , Taiwan | | |
| 5 | 高山 | 高山 | gāo shān | gao1 shan1 | high mountain; alpine | | |
| 6 | 山坡 | 山坡 | shān pō | shan1 po1 | hillside | | |
| 7 | 孙中山 | 孫中山 | sūn zhōng shān | Sun1 Zhong1 shan1 | 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 | | |
| 8 | 山地 | 山地 | shān dì | shan1 di4 | mountainous region; hilly area; hilly country | | |
| 9 | 山脉 | 山脈 | shān mài | shan1 mai4 | mountain range; Classifiers: 条 | | |
| 10 | 山西 | 山西 | shān xī | Shan1 xi1 | Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原 | | |
| 11 | 上山 | 上山 | shàng shān | shang4 shan1 | to go uphill; to spin cocoon (silkworms); to pass away | | |
| 12 | 山谷 | 山谷 | shān gǔ | shan1 gu3 | valley; ravine | | |
| 13 | 火山 | 火山 | huǒ shān | huo3 shan1 | volcano | | |
| 14 | 山水 | 山水 | shān shuǐ | Shan1 shui3 | water from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery; landscape; Sansui, Japanese company | | |
| 15 | 山顶 | 山頂 | shān dǐng | shan1 ding3 | hilltop | | |
| 16 | 山路 | 山路 | shān lù | shan1 lu4 | foothills; mountain road | | |
| 17 | 山峰 | 山峰 | shān fēng | shan1 feng1 | (mountain) peak | | |
| 18 | 下山 | 下山 | xià shān | xia4 shan1 | (of the sun) to set | | |
| 19 | 大山 | 大山 | dà shān | Da4 shan1 | Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC | | |
| 20 | 山头 | 山頭 | shān tóu | shan1 tou2 | mountain top | | |
| 21 | 深山 | 深山 | shēn shān | shen1 shan1 | deep in the mountains | | |
| 22 | 山沟 | 山溝 | shān gōu | shan1 gou1 | valley; gully; mountain region | | |
| 23 | 山村 | 山村 | shān cūn | shan1 cun1 | mountain village | | |
| 24 | 矿山 | 礦山 | kuàng shān | kuang4 shan1 | mine | | |
| 25 | 庐山 | 廬山 | lú shān | Lu2 shan1 | Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安 , Sichuan; Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市 , Jiangxi; Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot | | |