hù

岵

Character · Noun

mountain covered with vegetation

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

mountain covered with trees and grass; wooded hill

archaic

This is a classical Chinese literary term rarely used in modern spoken language. It is often found in classical poetry or formal, descriptive texts.

 《
Shī诗
Jīng经
 》
zhōng中
xiě写
dào道
 :
Zhì陟
bǐ彼
hù岵
xī兮
 ,
zhān瞻
wàng望
fù父
xī兮
 。

The Book of Songs writes: I climb that wooded hill, gazing towards my father.

Yuǎn远
tiào眺
qīng青
shān山
hù岵
 ,
lín林
mù木
yù郁
cōng葱
cōng葱
 。

Looking into the distance at the green, wooded mountains, the trees are lush and verdant.