山saan1水seoi2

English

1. Sansui, Japanese company
2. water from a mountain
3. water from mountain streams
4. mountains and rivers
5. mountains and waters; figuratively, scenery with hills and rivers
6. scenery
7. landscape

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 山泉嘅水
2. 有山有水嘅風景

Examples

• 山水畫

  landscape painting

• 山水豆腐

  tofu made from water from mountain streams ----

• 桂林山水甲天下。

  Guilin's scenery is the best of the world.

• 桂林山水甲天下。

  Guilin's sceneries are the most beautiful ones under the heaven.

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