山田

Chinese

		mountain; hill	field; farm
simp. and trad. (山田)		山	田

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāntián

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄊㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ tin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shāntián
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄊㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shantyan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan¹ tin⁴
  - Yale: sāan tìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ tin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ tin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

Etymology 1

Verb

山田

(archaic) to hunt in the mountain

Noun

山田

(archaic) low-quality farmland

Etymology 2

From Japanese 山田 (Yamada).

Proper noun

山田

A Japanese surname: Yamada

Pronunciation 2

Min Nan (POJ): soaⁿ-chhân

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-chhân
  - Tâi-lô: suann-tshân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svoazhaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰan¹³/

Noun

山田

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Min Nan, agriculture) terraced fields; terrace

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	田
やま Grade: 1	だ Grade: 1

Etymology

山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 田 (ta, “rice field”)

Proper noun

山田 (hiragana やまだ, rōmaji Yamada)

a place name
A habitational surname.

Usage notes

This name is used as the stereotypical Japanese family name in 山田太郎 Yamada Tarō (male) and 山田花子 Yamada Hanako (female), similar to John and Jane Smith in English.

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