五指山
Chinese
| the five fingers; fingers | mountain; hill | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (五指山) | 五指 | 山 | |
| simp. #(五指山) | 五指 | 山 | |
Etymology
- “someone's control”
- From the plot in the Journey to the West, where the Monkey King was suppressed under the Buddha's fingers as penalty for wreaking havoc in the heaven.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ng5 zi2 saan1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ńg-chṳ́-sân
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ngó͘-chí-soaⁿ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔzhǐshān [Phonetic: wúzhǐshān]
- Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄓˇ ㄕㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔjhǐhshan
- Wade–Giles: Wu3-chih3-shan1
- Yale: Wǔ-jř-shān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuujyyshan
- Palladius: Учжишань (Učžišanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ng5 zi2 saan1
- Yale: ńgh jí sāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: ng5 dzi2 saan1
- Guangdong Romanization: ng5 ji2 san1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋ̍¹³ t͡siː³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ńg-chṳ́-sân
- Hakka Romanization System: ngˋ ziiˋ sanˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ng3 zi3 san1
- Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ t͡sɨ³¹ san²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngó͘-chí-soaⁿ
- Tâi-lô: Ngóo-tsí-suann
- Phofsit Daibuun: ngofcysvoaf
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
五指山
- (figurative) someone's control
Proper noun
五指山