燕山

Chinese

		Yan (ancient city & state)	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (燕山)		燕	山

Etymology

From their location in the ancient Chinese state of Yan, near Beijing.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yānshān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yānshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ianshan
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin¹ saan¹
  - Yale: yīn sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ sɑːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

燕山

Yan Mountains (located north of the North China Plain)

竇燕山，有義方；教五子，名俱揚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
窦燕山，有义方；教五子，名俱扬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Three Character Classic, circa 13^th century CE
Dòu Yānshān, yǒu yì fāng; jiào wǔ zǐ, míng jù yáng. [Pinyin]
Dou of the Yan Mountains had the right method. He taught five sons, each of whom raised the family reputation.

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