Shan

Syllable: "shan"

Composition

Initial: sh-
Final: -an
May be confused with
Difficulty for English speakers

Medium
Can be written
- Pinyin: shan
- IPA: [ʂan]
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
- Wade-Giles: shan
Linguistic description

voiceless post-alveolar retroflex fricative
low central unrounded
voiced dental nasal

The pinyin "shan" is a Mandarin Chinese syllable. It is composed of the initial "sh-" and the final "-an".