Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 山, 珊, 杉, 鳝(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ʂɑn/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 山 (shān) meaning "mountain", 珊 (shān) meaning "coral", 杉 (shān) meaning "pine, fir" or 鳝 (shàn) meaning "eel". Other character combinations can form this name as well.