山頂

See also: 山顶

Chinese

		mountain; hill	go against; most; peak go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")
trad. (山頂)		山	頂
simp. (山顶)		山	顶

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shāndǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄉㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ deng²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sân-táng

(Hailu, HRS): san^ˋ dang^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): san¹ dang³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sua¹ deng³ / suann¹ deng³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soaⁿ-téng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹se-tin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāndǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄉㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shandǐng
  - Wade–Giles: shan¹-ting³
  - Yale: shān-dǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shandiing
  - Palladius: шаньдин (šanʹdin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (山頂兒 / 山顶儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shāndǐngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄉㄧㄥˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shandǐngr
  - Wade–Giles: shan¹-ting³-ʼrh
  - Yale: shān-dǐngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shandieengl
  - Palladius: шаньдинр (šanʹdinr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ tiɤ̯̃ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Note: Erhuayin for “mountain top" sense only.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan¹ deng²
  - Yale: sāan déng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ deng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ déng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ tɛːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân-táng
  - Hakka Romanization System: san^ˊ dang^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: san¹ dang³
  - Sinological IPA: /san²⁴ taŋ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: san^ˋ dang^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /san⁵³ taŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: san¹ dang³
  - Sinological IPA: /san⁴⁴⁻³⁵ taŋ³¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sua¹ deng³ [Phonetic: sua⁵ leng³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: suaⁿ-dêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬua⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(t-)lɛŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: suann¹ deng³ [Phonetic: suann⁵ neng³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬũã⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(t-)nɛŋ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-téng
  - Tâi-lô: suann-tíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'deang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ tiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹se-tin
  - MiniDict: se^平 tin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-tin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ tin²¹/

Noun

山頂

mountain top; summit; hilltop
(Philippine Hokkien) countryside; province (outside the city)
(Hong Kong, figuratively) seats at the furthest back in stadiums, theaters, etc.

Synonyms

(mountain top):

Dialectal synonyms of 山頂 (“mountain top; hilltop”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		山頂, 山頭, 山峰, 山巔
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	山頂兒
	Taiwan	山頂
	Chifeng	山頂兒, 山頭兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	山頂兒
	Harbin	山頂兒
	Shenyang	山頂兒, 山尖兒, 山峰, 山頭
	Malaysia	山頂
	Singapore	山頂
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	山頂兒
	Tangshan	山頂兒, 山尖兒
	Cangzhou	山頂兒
	Baoding	山頂兒, 山尖
	Shijiazhuang	山頂兒, 山頭兒
	Jinan	山頂兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	山頂兒, 山頭兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	山頂兒, 山頭
	Wanrong	山頂子
	Zhengzhou	山頭兒
	Xi'an	山頂, 山頂兒, 山頂頭兒, 山頭兒, 山峰
	Xining	山頂頂兒, 山尖尖
	Xuzhou	山頂兒, 山頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	山頭, 山頂兒
	Lanzhou	山頂, 山尖兒, 山尖尖, 山頭
	Ürümqi	山頭, 山頂頂子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	山巔巔
	Chongqing	山頂頂兒, 山尖尖
	Wuhan	山峰, 山頭
	Guiyang	山頂, 山頭, 山巔巔
	Kunming	山頂, 山頭
	Guilin	山頂
	Liuzhou	山頭, 山尖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	山尖兒, 山頭, 山頂
	Yangzhou	山頂上, 山頭
	Nantong	山頂兒
	Hefei	山頂
Cantonese	Guangzhou	山頂
	Hong Kong	山頂
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	山頂, 山頭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	山頭
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	山頂
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	山頂
	Macau	山頭
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	山頭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	山頂
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	山頂
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	山頂
	Foshan	山頂
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	山頂
	Foshan (Shunde)	山頭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	崗頂
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	山頂
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	山頭
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	山頭
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	山頂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	山頂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	山頂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	山頭
	Taishan	山頂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	山頂
	Enping (Niujiang)	山頂
	Heshan (Yayao)	山頂
	Dongguan	山頭, 山頭頂, 山頂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	山頭
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	山頂, 山頭
Gan	Nanchang	山頂上
Gan	Pingxiang	山頂上
Hakka	Meixian	山頂
	Dabu (Xihe)	山頂
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	山頂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嶺崗
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	山嶺
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	山頭
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	山頂, 嶺崗頂
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	山頂高
	Wuhua (Changbu)	崠
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	山頂
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	山頂
	Yudu	崠頂子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	山頭, 崠頂
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	山頭, 崠頂
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	山頭, 崠頂
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	山頭, 崠頂, 山頂
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	山頭, 崠頂
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	山頭, 崠
	Hong Kong	嶺頂
	Sabah (Longchuan)	山頂
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	山頂
	Kuching (Hepo)	山頂
	Singkawang	崠頂
Huizhou	Shexian	山頂, 山頭
Jin	Taiyuan	山頭
	Xinzhou	山頂得, 山頭
	Linhe	山頂, 山尖尖, 山頭
	Jining	山頭
	Hohhot	山頂, 山尖, 山圪尖兒
	Zhangjiakou	山頂
	Handan	山頂
Northern Min	Jian'ou	山崗頂
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	山頂, 山頭頂
Southern Min	Xiamen	山頂, 山尾, 山尾尖, 山尾頂, 山尾溜, 山頭, 山尖, 山頂尾
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	山尾溜
	Quanzhou	山尾, 山尾溜, 山頭
	Jinjiang	山尖
	Yongchun	山貢尾
	Zhangzhou	山尾, 山尾尖, 山尾頂, 山尾溜, 山頭
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	山尖仔尾
	Zhao'an	山尖頂, 山尖
	Kaohsiung	山頂尾溜
	Yilan	山頂
	Changhua (Lukang)	山尾溜
	Taichung	山尖
	Taichung (Wuqi)	山頂
	Tainan	山尾
	Taitung	山頂尾溜
	Hsinchu	山尾溜
	Penghu (Magong)	山頂
	Penang (Hokkien)	山頂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	山頂, 山尾
	Manila (Hokkien)	山頂
	Bangkok (Teochew)	山頂
	Wenchang	山頂
Central Min	Yong'an	山頂, 山頭
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	山頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	山頂, 山頭
Wu	Shanghai	山頂
	Suzhou	山頂, 山頭
	Hangzhou	山頭
	Ningbo	山頭登
	Wenzhou	山頂
	Jinhua	山頂, 山崗頭

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (山頂):

→ Japanese: 山頂(さんちょう) (sanchō)
→ Korean: 산정(山頂) (sanjeong)

Proper noun

山頂

(Hong Kong, informal) Victoria Peak; The Peak (a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island)
Synonym: 太平山 (Tàipíngshān)
(Macau, colloquial) Conde S. Januário Hospital

References

“山頂”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“山頂”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 33.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	頂
さん Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さんちょー [sàńchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

山(さん)頂(ちょう) • (sanchō) ^{←さんちやう (santyau)^?}

summit

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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