冰山
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冰山 (2)
Chinese
| ice | mountain; hill | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (冰山) |
冰 | 山 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bing1 saan1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pên-sân
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1pin-se
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bingshan
- Wade–Giles: ping1-shan1
- Yale: bīng-shān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingshan
- Palladius: биншань (binšanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /piŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bing1 saan1
- Yale: bīng sāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: bing1 saan1
- Guangdong Romanization: bing1 san1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pên-sân
- Hakka Romanization System: benˊ sanˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ben1 san1
- Sinological IPA: /pen²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
冰山
- (literally) ice-covered mountain
- (literally, figurative) iceberg (floating mass of ice in the sea)
- (figurative) (political) backer that cannot be relied on for long