南山
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Chinese
| south | mountain; hill | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (南山) |
南 | 山 | |
| anagram | 山南 | ||
| Literally: “southern mountain”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Nánshān
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Nánshan
- Wade–Giles: Nan2-shan1
- Yale: Nán-shān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanshan
- Palladius: Наньшань (Nanʹšanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naam4 saan1
- Yale: nàahm sāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: naam4 saan1
- Guangdong Romanization: nam4 san1
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːm²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: nom srean
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤm s-ŋrar/
- (Zhengzhang): /*nuːm sreːn/
Proper noun
南山
- (～區) Nanshan (a district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
- (～區) Nanshan (a district of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China)
- (～區) Nanshan (a county-controlled district in Zhuolu, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China)
- Nanshan (various towns, townships, and subdistricts of China)
- Nanshan (a dormant volcano in northeastern China's Keluo volcanic field)
- Namsan (various hills and mountains of Korea)
- (～洞) Namsan-dong (a neighbourhood of Jung district, Seoul, South Korea)
- (～洞) Namsan-dong (a neighbourhood of Geumjeong district, Busan, South Korea)
- (historical) Nanzan (a former kingdom on Okinawa island)
- short for 南山大学: Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan
- (uncommon) Alternative name for 祁連山／祁连山 (Qílián Shān, “Qilian Mountains, a range between Gansu and Qinghai south of the Hexi Corridor”).
- (uncommon) Alternative name for 終南山／终南山 (Zhōngnán Shān, “Zhongnan Mountains, a range south of Xi'an in Shaanxi”).
- (obsolete) Old name for 廬山／庐山 (Lúshān, “Mount Lu (prior to the Song dynasty)”).
See also
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 南 | 山 |
| みなみ Grade: 2 |
やま Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
Proper noun
南山 • (Minamiyama)
- a surname