天山
Chinese
| day; sky; heaven | mountain; hill | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (天山) |
天 | 山 | |
| Literally: “Mountains of Heaven”. | |||
Etymology
Calque of Uyghur تەڭرىتاغ (tengritagh, literally “Mountains of God (Tengri)”) (Tengri Tagh).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānshān
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Tianshan
- Wade–Giles: Tʻien1-shan1
- Yale: Tyān-shān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianshan
- Palladius: Тяньшань (Tjanʹšanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 saan1
- Yale: tīn sāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 saan1
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 san1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-san
- Tâi-lô: Thian-san
- Phofsit Daibuun: tiensafn
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
天山
- Tian Shan (a mountain range in China and Central Asia)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 山 |
| てん Grade: 1 |
さん > ざん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Proper noun
天山 • (Tenzan)
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 山 |
Proper noun
天山 • (Cheonsan) (hangeul 천산)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 天 | 山 |
Proper noun
天山