獅子山

Chinese

		lion; bodhisattva	mountain; hill
trad. (獅子山)		獅子	山
simp. (狮子山)		狮子	山

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shīzǐshān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄗˇ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ zi² saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Shīzǐshān → Shīzishān (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄗˇ ㄕㄢ → ㄕ ˙ㄗㄕㄢ (toneless variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shy.tzyyshan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂa̠n⁵⁵/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ zi² saan¹
  - Yale: sī jí sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dzi² saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ji² san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ sɑːn⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

獅子山

Lion Rock (a mountain in Hong Kong)

Etymology 2

Calque of English Sierra Leone.

Proper noun

獅子山

(chiefly Taiwan) Sierra Leone

Synonyms

(Mainland China) 塞拉利昂 (Sàilālì'áng)

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