山茶

Chinese

		mountain; hill	tea; tea plant
trad. (山茶)		山	茶
simp. ^#(山茶)		山	茶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shānchá

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄔㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ caa⁴
Min Nan (POJ): soaⁿ-tê

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shānchá
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄔㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanchar
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shanchá
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂän˥ ʈ͡ʂʰä˧˥/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan¹ caa⁴
  - Yale: sāan chàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ tsaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ ca⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /säːn˥ t͡sʰäː˨˩/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-tê
  - Tâi-lô: suann-tê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'dee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suã˦˦꜕꜕ te˨˦/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suã˧˧ te˨˦/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã˦˦꜕꜕ te˩˧/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suã˦˦꜔꜔ te˨˦/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã˦˦꜔꜔ te˨˧/

Noun

山茶

camellia

Synonyms

茶花 (cháhuā)
山茶花 (shāncháhuā)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
山	茶
さん Grade: 1	ちゃ Grade: 2
on’yomi	kan’yōon

Borrowing from Mandarin 山茶 (shānchá). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) さんちゃ [sàńchá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [sã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

山茶 (hiragana さんちゃ, katakana サンチャ, rōmaji sancha)

a tea plant growing in the mountains
Camellia japonica, a species of camellia

Derived terms

山茶花 (サザンカ) (sazanka, “Camellia sasanqua”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
山	茶
Grade: 1	Grade: 2
jukujikun

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 山茶.

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) つばき [tsúꜜbàkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝba̠kʲi]

Noun

山茶 (hiragana つばき, katakana ツバキ, rōmaji tsubaki)

Alternative spelling of 椿 (tsubaki): Camellia japonica, a species of camellia

Proper noun

山茶 (hiragana つばき, rōmaji Tsubaki)

a female given name

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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