青山

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (青山)		青	山

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngshān

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ saan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-sân
Min Nan (POJ): chheng-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: qīngshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    青山
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ saan¹
  - Yale: chīng sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ san¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ säːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-sân
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ san´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ san¹
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-san
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ san³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Noun

青山

green mountains; mountains with lush forests

Derived terms

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒／留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 (liú dé qīngshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo)

青山綠水／青山绿水

Proper noun

青山

(～區) Qingshan (a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China)
(～鎮) Qingshan (a town in Yunyang, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Etymology 1

青山 (Aoyama): the Aoyama family crest.

Kanji in this term
青	山
あお Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 青 (ao, “blue or green; lush with life”) +‎ 山 (yama, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) あおやま [àóyámá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ja̠ma̠]

Noun

青山 (hiragana あおやま, rōmaji aoyama, historical hiragana あをやま)

a green lush mountain or mountainous area
a type of fancy kamaboko (fishcake) used in ceremonies

Proper noun

青山 (hiragana あおやま, rōmaji Aoyama, historical hiragana あをやま)

A Japanese habitational surname.
a place in the north of Minato-ku, Tōkyō
So named as the land was deeded to Aoyama Tadanari (青山忠成, d. 1613; Wikipedia article) by Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康, d. 1616; Wikipedia article).
various other places in Japan

Derived terms

青山菊 (あおやまぎく) (aoyamagiku): the Aoyama chrysanthemum, a family crest

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
青	山
せい Grade: 1	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 青山 (tsheng srɛn, literally “green or blue + mountain or hill”). Compare modern Min Nan reading chheng-san, or Mandarin reading qīngshān.

The 山 character is read san ordinarily. The san changes to zan as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) せーざん [séꜜèzàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [se̞ːzã̠ɴ]

Noun

青山 (hiragana せいざん, rōmaji seizan)

a green lush mountain or mountainous area
(metaphoric) a grave or one's final resting place
alternate name for the 琵 (び)琶 (わ) (biwa), a four-stringed lute brought to Japan from Tang Dynasty China

Idioms

青山一髪 (せいざんいっぱつ) (seizan ippatsu): "lush mountains, a single hair" → the mountains are so far away that they recede into the distance, seeming only as tall as a single hair is wide
人間到 (にんげんいた)る処青山有 (ところせいざんあ)り (ningen itaru tokoro seizan ari); 人間至 (じんかんいた)る所青山有 (ところせいざんあ)り (jinkan itaru tokoro seizan ari): "wherever people go, there are green mountains", "wherever you go in the world, there are green mountains" → get out and see the world, don't be a homebody

Proper noun

青山 (hiragana せいざん, rōmaji Seizan)

Qingshan, any of several places in China

References

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

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN