崑山
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See also: 昆山
Chinese
| Kunlun mountains | mountain; hill | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (崑山) | 崑 | 山 | |
| simp. (昆山) | 昆 | 山 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄕㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Kunshan
- Wade–Giles: Kʻun1-shan1
- Yale: Kwūn-shān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuenshan
- Palladius: Куньшань (Kunʹšanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kwan1 saan1 / gwan1 saan1
- Yale: kwān sāan / gwān sāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwan1 saan1 / gwan1 saan1
- Guangdong Romanization: kuen1 san1 / guen1 san1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/, /kʷɐn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Proper noun
崑山
- (～市) Kunshan (a county-level city in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China)
- Short for 崑崙山／昆仑山 (Kūnlún Shān, “Kunlun Mountains”).
- 人不愛崑山之玉、江漢之珠，而愛己一蒼璧小璣，有之利故也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE
- Rén bù ài Kūnshān zhī yù, Jiānghàn zhī zhū, ér ài jǐ yī cāng bì xiǎo jī, yǒu zhī lì gù yě.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
人不爱昆山之玉、江汉之珠，而爱己一苍璧小玑，有之利故也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- Alternative name for 馬鞍山／马鞍山 (Mǎ'ānshān, “Ma'an Mountain, Kunshan”).