深山

Chinese

		deep; profound	mountain; hill
trad. (深山)		深	山
simp. ^#(深山)		深	山

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnshān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ saan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂m-sân
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-soaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenshan
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-shan¹
  - Yale: shēn-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenshan
  - Palladius: шэньшань (šɛnʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ saan¹
  - Yale: sām sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂m-sân
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciim^ˊ san^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cim¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-soaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshim-suann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chimsvoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ suã³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: syim srean

Rime
Character	深	山
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	式針切	所閒切
Baxter	syim	srean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪm/	/ʃˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕim/	/ʃᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjem/	/ʃæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕim/	/ʂəɨn/
Li Rong	/ɕiəm/	/ʃɛn/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕm/	/ʃæn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əm/	/ʂăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam¹	saan¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥][ə]m s-ŋrar/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljum sreːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	深	山
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn	shān
Middle Chinese	‹ syim ›	‹ srɛn ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥][ə]m/	/*s-ŋrar/
English	deep	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	深	山
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	11255	11052
Phonetic component	罙	山
Rime group	侵	元
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	深	山
Old Chinese	/*hljum/	/*sreːn/

Noun

深山

remote mountains; deep in the mountains

Synonyms

內山 / 内山 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
山內 / 山内 (Hokkien)
山區 / 山区 (shānqū)
山地 (shāndì)

Derived terms

深山出俊鳥 / 深山出俊鸟
深山幽谷 (shēnshānyōugǔ)
深山窮谷 / 深山穷谷 (shēnshānqiónggǔ)
貧居鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親 / 贫居闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (深山):

→ Japanese: 深山(しんざん) (shinzan)
→ Korean: 심산(深山) (simsan)