山口

Chinese

		mountain; hill	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (山口)		山	口

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shānkǒu, Shānkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄎㄡˇ, ㄕㄢㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ hau²
Min Nan (POJ): soaⁿ-kháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shānkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄎㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shankoou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Shānkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄎㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shankoou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan¹ hau²
  - Yale: sāan háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ heo²
  - IPA ^(key): /säːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-kháu
  - Tâi-lô: suann-kháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'qao
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ kʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaʊ⁵³/

Noun

山口

(music) the nut (small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height) on traditional Chinese stringed instruments
the blowing aperture on the xiao (Chinese vertical bamboo flute)

Proper noun

山口

(～縣) Yamaguchi (a prefecture of Japan)
(～市) Yamaguchi (a city in Yamaguchi, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	口
やま Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, “mouth; opening, gateway”).[1][2] The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) やまぐち [yàmágúchí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Proper noun

山口 (hiragana やまぐち, rōmaji Yamaguchi)

Yamaguchi, the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan
A surname

See also

山口県 (やまぐちけん) (Yamaguchi-ken): Yamaguchi prefecture
山口市 (やまぐちし) (Yamaguchi-shi): Yamaguchi city

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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