The Himalayas are higher than the Alps.
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山脉
Traditional: 山脈
shān mài
HSK 2.0 · 6
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shān mài · saan1 mak6 (Jyutping)
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Character breakdown
山
- Meaning
- mountain, hill, peak
- Radical
- 山
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- ⿶凵丨
- Cangjie
- U
- Four-corner
- 2277.0
脉
- Meaning
- blood vessels, veins, arteries
- Radical
- ⺼
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰⺼永
- Cangjie
- BINE
- Four-corner
- 7323.2
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Example sentences
The mountains in the Himalayas are higher than those in the Andes.
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