Meaning of shān:
shān
山
Noun
surname Shan; mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
Wǒ de péngyǒu xìng shān.
我的朋友姓山。
My friend's surname is Shan.
Wǒmen jīntiān pá le yī zuò dà shān.
我们今天爬了一座大山。
Today we climbed a big mountain.
Zhèxiē cán yòng de jiǎn qíshí dōu shì zài zhège xiǎo shān shàng zhī de.
这些蚕用的茧其实都是在这个小山上织的。
The cocoons used by these silkworms are actually spun on this small bundle of straw.