山川

Chinese

		mountain; hill	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (山川)		山	川

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shānchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄔㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ cyun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sân-chhôn
Min Nan (POJ): san-chhoan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shānchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄔㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanchuan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: saan¹ cyun¹
  - Yale: sāan chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ qun¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑːn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyːn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    山川
    山村
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân-chhôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: san´ con´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: san¹ con¹
  - IPA: /san²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san-chhoan
  - Tâi-lô: san-tshuan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sanzhoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /san⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /san³³ t͡sʰuan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /san⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/

Noun

山川

mountains and rivers
landscape

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	川
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Etymology 1

From 山 (san, "mountain") + 川 (sen, "river") or

From 山 (yama, "mountain," "peak") + 川 (kawa, "river," "stream," "brook")

Noun

山川 (hiragana さんせん, rōmaji sansen)

山川 (hiragana やまかわ, rōmaji yamakawa)

mountains and rivers
A surname.

Usage notes

sansen is used more commonly than yamakawa. Yamakawa, on the other hand, is used mostly as a reading for the surname.

Etymology 2

From 山 (yama, "mountain," "peak") + 川 (kawa, "river," "stream," "brook")

Noun

山川 (hiragana やまがわ, rōmaji yamagawa)

mountain rivers

Derived terms

山川草木 (さんせんそうもく) (sansensōmoku): natural scenery
山 (さん)川 (せん)万 (ばん)里 (り) (sansenbanri): across mountains and rivers
深山川蜻蛉 (みやまがわとんぼ) (miyamagawatonbo): damselfly

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