<blockquote>
  <p><a href="http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E5%B1%B1?prd=so_1_doc" rel="nofollow">山</a>, in general, refers to a mountain or a hill.</p>
  
  <p>坡 refers to a slope.</p>
  
  <p>Therefore, <a href="http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%9D%A1?prd=so_1_doc" rel="nofollow">山坡</a> refers to the side (or slope) of a hill (or mountain).</p>
  
  <p>脚 refers to the foot.</p>
  
  <p>So, <a href="http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E8%84%9A" rel="nofollow">山脚</a> refers to the foot of a hill (or mountain).</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Depending on what bike you are referring to, it could be a motorcycle (摩托车) or bicycle (自行车).</p>

<p>I think the translation provided by Google is okay:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Because I live at the bottom of a hill it is hard to ride my bike to
  work.</p>
  
  <p>因为我住在山脚下，骑自行车(or 摩托车)上班很难。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>If you are staying in a valley, <a href="http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E8%B0%B7?prd=so_1_doc" rel="nofollow">山谷</a> will be more appropriate.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2012-10-09T10:07:13.077Z
2012-10-09T10:12:54.300Z
2012-10-09T10:12:54.300Z
杨以轩
<p>I've only ever people say something like 我住在山坡上 but to me 山坡 sounds like the side of a mountain. Google translate gives me 我住在山脚下.</p>

<p>In English we use, I live at the bottom of a hill, not I live at the bottom of a mountain or I live on the side of a mountain; mountain sounds too majestic.</p>

<p>So is 山坡 or 山脚 a good choice for side of a hill or is there a better word to describe where I live?</p>

<p>I want to say something like: Because I live at the bottom of a hill it is hard to ride my bike to work. 因为我住在山脚下，骑自行车上班很难。</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-09-22T15:48:01.177Z
A Google search shows that people do say in English "I live at the bottom of a mountain,"  when they want to.
Colin McLarty
CC BY-SA 3.0
2012-10-09T21:56:26.740Z
How would you say a 'hill' in Chinese then? Just curious. To me, a hill and a mountain would both be translated into 山 in Chinese.
deutschZuid
CC BY-SA 3.0
2012-10-10T16:03:42.583Z
For me 我住在山脚下 is OK and natural enough. To sound more colloquial I would say 我住在山边上 `I live beside a hill`.
Nihil
<word-choice>
How to say "I live at the bottom of a hill"?
# How to say "I live at the bottom of a hill"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-10-09)

I've only ever people say something like 我住在山坡上 but to me 山坡 sounds like the side of a mountain. Google translate gives me 我住在山脚下.

In English we use, I live at the bottom of a hill, not I live at the bottom of a mountain or I live on the side of a mountain; mountain sounds too majestic.

So is 山坡 or 山脚 a good choice for side of a hill or is there a better word to describe where I live?

I want to say something like: Because I live at the bottom of a hill it is hard to ride my bike to work. 因为我住在山脚下，骑自行车上班很难。

**Tags:** word-choice
> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: How would you say a 'hill' in Chinese then? Just curious. To me, a hill and a mountain would both be translated into 山 in Chinese.  
> **username_3**: For me 我住在山脚下 is OK and natural enough. To sound more colloquial I would say 我住在山边上 `I live beside a hill`.  
> **username_1**: A Google search shows that people do say in English "I live at the bottom of a mountain,"  when they want to.  

---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2012-10-09. Score: 3

> [山](http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E5%B1%B1?prd=so_1_doc), in general, refers to a mountain or a hill.
>
> 坡 refers to a slope.
>
> Therefore, [山坡](http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%9D%A1?prd=so_1_doc) refers to the side (or slope) of a hill (or mountain).
>
> 脚 refers to the foot.
>
> So, [山脚](http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E8%84%9A) refers to the foot of a hill (or mountain).

Depending on what bike you are referring to, it could be a motorcycle (摩托车) or bicycle (自行车).

I think the translation provided by Google is okay:

> Because I live at the bottom of a hill it is hard to ride my bike to
> work.
>
> 因为我住在山脚下，骑自行车(or 摩托车)上班很难。

If you are staying in a valley, [山谷](http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E8%B0%B7?prd=so_1_doc) will be more appropriate.


---

