新高山
Chinese
| new | high | mountain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (新高山) | 新 | 高 | 山 | |
| simp. #(新高山) | 新 | 高 | 山 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新高山.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): Xīngāoshān
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Xīngāoshān
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Singaoshan
- Wade–Giles: Hsin1-kao1-shan1
- Yale: Syīn-gāu-shān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shingaushan
- Palladius: Синьгаошань (Sinʹgaošanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
新高山
- (historical) former name of 玉山 (Yùshān), the tallest mountain on Taiwan Island, during the island's Japanese occupation
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 新 | 高 | 山 |
| にい Grade: 2 |
たか Grade: 2 |
やま Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | ||
Etymology
From Torii and Ushinosuke's discovery in 1900 that Yushan was higher than Mount Fuji in the Japanese Islands.
Proper noun
新高山 • (Niitakayama)