what do these words mean?

[moham]

difficult for its writing and tones

[John]

always try your best

[FUllmoonfever]

what does shandong mean?

[tor.liu]

what does shandong mean?

east of mountain(hill)

[simei]

Why do you want to know its meaning? they just are place name, like New York, London, and so on.

[FUllmoonfever]

becuase i want to know. New York is named after York in UK, therefore the New part.

[simei]

Maybe I can understand the meaning of Chinese city name. But I really could not understand the foreign city name.

[alexss]

what does shandong mean?

east of mountain(hill)

Pairing some other province names to help memorize them:
Shandong and Shanxi provinces: "Shan" denotes mountain, here refers to the Mountain Taihang. Dong: east, Xi: west. The Mountain Taihang divides the area into two parts, east part and west part, so the two provinces are named the Mountain East and Mountain West, e.g. Shangdong and Shangxi.
Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces: "Guang": ? sorry I don't know. dong: east, xi: west.
Henan and Hebai Provinces: "He" refers to river, the Yellow River. nan: south, bai: north.
Hunan and Hubai Provinces: "Hu" refers to lake, the Lake Dongtin. nan: south, bai: north.
There are many other Chinese names including "...nan" and '...bai', or "...dong" and "...xi", named by this way.

[FUllmoonfever]

wow, now thats great information.

Thank you!

I think guang mean vast or expansive...

[liveuk]

Writing is the most difficult thing for Chinese characters.