We got lost in the cave.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
山洞
cavern
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
cavern
02
cave
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 山洞 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 山洞 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
"What's going on in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."
A goatherd drove his goats, all white with snow, into a deserted cave for shelter.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 山洞.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 山洞.
Directly before
- 的山洞2
- 在山洞1
Directly after
- 山洞里3
- 山洞躲避1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 山洞
What does 山洞 mean in Chinese?
山洞 (shāndòng) means cavern.
How do you pronounce 山洞?
山洞 is pronounced shāndòng.
Is 山洞 an HSK word?
山洞 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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