南山

Chinese

		south	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (南山)		南	山
anagram		山南

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nánshān

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Nánshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nanshan
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ saan¹
  - Yale: nàahm sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹ sɑːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

南山

(geography) Nanshan (various towns, districts, and subdistricts of China)
(geography) Nanshan (a dormant volcano in northeastern China's Keluo volcanic field)
(geography) Namsan (various hills and mountains of Korea)
(historical) Nanzan (a former kingdom on Okinawa island)
Short for 南山大学: Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan
(geography, uncommon) An alternative term for 祁連山 or 祁连山 (the Qilian Mountains), a range between Gansu and Qinghai south of the Hexi Corridor.
(geography, uncommon) An alternative term for 終南山 or 终南山 (the Zhongnan Mountains), a range south of Xi'an in Shaanxi.
(geography, obsolete) A former name of 廬山 or 庐山 (Mount Lu) prior to the Song dynasty.

Related terms

馬歡島／马欢岛 (“Nanshan Island in the Spratlies”)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.