中山

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (中山)		中	山

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōngshān

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ saan¹
Min Nan (POJ): Tiong-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: Zhōngshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongshan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中山
    鍾山／钟山
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ saan¹
  - Yale: jūng sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ säːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-san
  - Tâi-lô: Tiong-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ san³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Literally “Central Mountains”, named after a mountain in its capital.

Proper noun

中山

(～國) (historical) Zhongshan (a feudal state that was located in modern-day Dingzhou, Hebei)

Etymology 2

Named after Chinese president 孫中山 (Sun Yat-sen)'s pseudonym 中 (なか)山 (やま)樵 (きこり) (Nakayama Kikori), from the Japanese surname 中 (なか)山 (やま) (Nakayama).

Proper noun

中山

(～市) Zhongshan (a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China)
(～區) Zhongshan (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
(～區) Zhongshan (a district of Keelung, Taiwan)

Synonyms

(city in Guangdong): 香山 (Xiāngshān) (historical)

Derived terms

中山大學／中山大学
中山文藝獎／中山文艺奖
中山服 (zhōngshānfú)
中山樵
中山狼

中山科學研究院／中山科学研究院
中山裝／中山装 (zhōngshānzhuāng)
中山陵
中山高速公路
隆中山

Further reading

“Entry #36029”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	山
なか Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

中山 (hiragana なかやま, rōmaji Nakayama)

A surname.

Kanji in this term
中	山
ちゅう Grade: 1	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on’yomi

中山 (hiragana ちゅうざん, rōmaji Chūzan)

Chūzan, a kingdom that once existed in the Ryukyu Islands from 1314 to 1429.

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