泰山

Chinese

Etymology 1

safe; peaceful; most
safe; peaceful; most; Thai(land); grand
 
 mountain; hill
trad. (泰山) 泰 山
simp. #(泰山) 泰 山
alternative forms 太山

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 泰 山
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 泰 (25) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I II
Fanqie 他蓋切 所閒切
Baxter thajH srean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰɑiH/ /ʃˠɛn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰɑiH/ /ʃᵚæn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɑiH/ /ʃæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰajH/ /ʂəɨn/
Li
Rong 		/tʰɑiH/ /ʃɛn/
Wang
Li 		/tʰɑiH/ /ʃæn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tʰɑiH/ /ʂăn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tài shān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		taai3 saan1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 泰 山
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tài shān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thajH › ‹ srɛn ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/ /*s-ŋrar/
English great mountain, hill

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 泰 山
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12313 11052
Phonetic
component 		泰 山
Rime
group 		祭 元
Rime
subdivision 		1 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		泰 山
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰaːds/ /*sreːn/

Proper noun

泰山

  1. Mount Tai (a mountain in Shandong, China)
  2. (～區) Taishan (a district of Tai'an, Shandong, China)
  3. (～區) Taishan (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: Tai Shan

Noun

泰山

  1. (figurative) something of great weight or importance
    安全責任重於泰山。 [MSC, trad.]
    安全责任重于泰山。 [MSC, simp.]
    Ānquán zérèn zhòng yú Tàishān. [Pinyin]
    Responsibility in safety is the most important.
    (literally, “responsibility is heavier than the Mount Tai”)
  2. (figurative) father-in-law
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 岳父 (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 岳父, 岳丈
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 老丈人, 丈人
Taiwan 岳父
Ulanhot 老丈人
Tongliao 老丈人
Chifeng 老丈人
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 老丈人
Harbin 老丈人
Singapore 岳父
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 丈人, 老丈人, 岳父
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 丈爺, 丈人
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 丈人
Wanrong 丈人
Zhengzhou 老丈人, 丈人
Xi'an 丈人爸, 丈人
Xining 丈人
Xuzhou 老丈人, 老丈母爹, 丈母爹, 老岳頭兒, 老岳
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 丈人
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 外父
Bayanhot 外父
Lanzhou 丈人爸
Ürümqi 外父, 老丈人
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 老丈人, 岳父
Wuhan 親爺, 老親爺, 丈人
Guiyang 老丈人, 親爺
Kunming 老丈人
Liuzhou 丈人老, 岳父老
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 丈人, 老丈人
Yangzhou 丈人
Nantong 丈人
Hefei 老丈人, 丈人
Huanggang 妻爺
Cantonese Guangzhou 外父, 丈人佬, 老外, 岳父, 岳丈
Hong Kong 外父, 岳父
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 外父, 岳父, 主人公
Foshan 外父
Foshan (Shunde) 外父
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 外父佬
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 外父
Taishan 外父
Kaiping (Chikan) 外父
Dongguan 丈人佬
Shaoguan 外父, 外父佬
Yunfu 外父佬
Yangjiang 外老
Xinyi 外父佬
Lianjiang 外父佬
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 岳父, 外父
Singapore (Guangfu) 岳父
Yangon (Taishan) 老外, 外父
Mandalay (Taishan) 外父
Gan Nanchang 丈人, 丈人老子
Lichuan 丈兒公
Pingxiang 丈姨爺
Hakka Meixian 丈人老, 岳父
Xingning 丈老
Huidong (Daling) 丈人老
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 丈人老
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 丈人老
Changting 丈門老
Wuping 丈人老
Wuping (Pingyu) 丈人老
Liancheng 丈母爺
Ninghua 丈人
Yudu 丈人, 丈人老
Ruijin 丈人, 丈人爹
Shicheng 丈人爹
Shangyou (Shexi) 丈人老
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 丈人老, 岳父
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 丈人老, 岳父
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 丈人老, 岳父
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 丈人老, 岳父
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 丈人老, 岳父
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 丈㜷老
Hong Kong 丈人老
Sabah (Longchuan) 丈人老
Senai (Huiyang) 丈人老
Singkawang 丈人老
Huizhou Jixi 丈人, 丈人老
Jin Taiyuan 老丈人, 丈人
Xinzhou 丈人, 老丈人, 外父
Taibus (Baochang) 老丈人
Linhe 外父
Jining 外父
Hohhot 外父
Baotou 外父
Dongsheng 外父
Haibowan 外父
Northern Min Jian'ou 丈人
Eastern Min Fuzhou 丈儂
Fuzhou (Changle) 丈儂
Fuqing 丈儂
Yongtai 丈儂
Gutian 丈儂
Fu'an 丈儂
Ningde 丈儂
Shouning 丈儂
Zhouning 丈儂
Fuding 丈面老
Southern Min Xiamen 丈儂, 丈儂公
Quanzhou 丈儂, 丈儂公
Jinjiang 丈儂
Zhangzhou 丈儂, 丈儂公
Taipei 丈儂
Kaohsiung 丈儂
Yilan 丈儂, 丈儂仔
Changhua (Lukang) 丈儂
Taichung 丈儂
Taichung (Wuqi) 丈儂
Tainan 丈儂, 丈儂爸
Taitung 丈儂
Hsinchu 丈儂
Penghu (Magong) 丈儂
Penang (Hokkien) 丈儂
Singapore (Hokkien) 丈儂
Manila (Hokkien) 丈儂
Longyan 丈翁老
Chaozhou 丈儂
Shantou 丈儂
Jieyang 丈儂
Haifeng 丈儂
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 丈儂
Singapore (Teochew) 丈儂
Leizhou 外家公, 外家公爸
Wenchang 外家爸
Haikou 外家爸
Puxian Min Putian 丈儂
Xianyou 丈儂, 丈儂公
Central Min Yong'an 俺人, 丈人
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 丈人, 丈人公
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 外父老, 岳父
Wu Shanghai 丈人, 丈人阿伯, 丈人老頭, 泰山
Shanghai (Chongming) 丈人
Suzhou 丈人
Danyang 老丈人, 丈人
Hangzhou 丈人老頭兒
Ningbo 丈人老頭, 丈人阿伯, 丈人
Wenzhou 丈人老, 丈老, 丈人
Jinhua 丈人
Xiang Changsha 岳老子, 丈人老子, 九尺五
Loudi 丈人公
Shuangfeng 丈人家, 丈老子, 乾爺
Hengyang 岳老子, 丈老子

Adjective

泰山

  1. (Shanghainese) calm; at ease; relaxed

Etymology 2

safe; peaceful; most
safe; peaceful; most; Thai(land); grand
 
 mountain; hill
trad. (泰山) 泰 山
simp. #(泰山) 泰 山

Phono-semantic matching of English Tarzan.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

泰山

  1. Tarzan (fictional character in the novel Tarzan of the Apes)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
泰 山
たい
Grade: S 		ざん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ta̠izã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

泰(たい)山(ざん) • (Taizan) 

  1. Mount Tai

Korean

Hanja in this term
泰山

Proper noun

泰山 • (Taesan) (hangeul 태산)

  1. hanja form? of 태산 (“Mount Tai”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
泰山

Proper noun

泰山

  1. chữ Hán form of Thái Sơn (“Mount Tai”)
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