山陰

See also: 山阴

Chinese

		mountain; hill	(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady
trad. (山陰)		山	陰
simp. (山阴)		山	阴
Literally: “in the shadow of the mountain”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shānyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ jam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Shānyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanin
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan¹ jam¹
  - Yale: sāan yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ yem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɑːn⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/

Proper noun

山陰

(～縣) (historical) Shanyin County (ancient county in modern-day Shaoxing)
- 會于會稽山陰之蘭亭 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  会于会稽山阴之兰亭 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 353 CE, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion
  huì yú Kuàijī shānyīn zhī lán tíng [Pinyin]
  We all gathered at the orchid pavilion in Shanyin County, Kuaiji Prefecture, […]
(～縣) Shanyin County (county in Shanxi province, China)

Derived terms

山陰道上／山阴道上

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	陰
Grade: 1	Grade: S

Noun

山陰 (hiragana やまかげ, rōmaji yamakage)

the shadow of the mountain

Proper noun

山陰 (hiragana さんいん, rōmaji San'in)

Short for 山陰地方.

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