青山

“psycho”; “psychiatric hospital”

From 青山醫院 (Castle Peak Hospital), the first psychiatric hospital in Hong Kong.

青山

1. green mountains; mountains with lush forests

   • 青山依舊在，幾度夕陽紅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     青山依旧在，几度夕阳红。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 16th century, 楊慎 (Yang Shen), 臨江仙

     Qīngshān yījiù zài, jǐ dù xīyáng hóng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, derogatory, slang) psycho
3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) psychiatric hospital

   青山走犯 [Cantonese]  ―  cing¹ saan¹ zau² faan^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  a psychopath (literally, “an escaped criminal from the Castle Peak hospital”)

• (green mountains): 蒼山／苍山 (cāngshān)
• (psychiatric hospital): (Guangzhou Cantonese) 芳村 (Fāngcūn)

青山

1. Castle Peak (a mountain peak in Tuen Mun district, Hong Kong)
2. (～區)
   1. Qingshan (a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China)
   2. Qingshan (a district of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China)
   3. Castle Peak (a former district of Hong Kong), renamed to Tuen Mun
3. (～鎮) Qingshan (a town in Yunyang district, Shiyan, Hubei, China)
4. (～醫院) Castle Peak Hospital (a psychiatric hospital in Tuen Mun district, Hong Kong)

   去青山睇病 [Cantonese]  ―  heoi³ cing¹ saan¹ tai² beng⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to get checked out at Castle Peak

5. Aoyama (a sub-district in Minato, Tokyo prefecture, Japan)

Compound of 青 (ao, “blue or green; lush with life”) +‎ 山 (yama, “mountain”).

• (Tokyo) あおやま [àóyámá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ja̠ma̠]

青(あお)山(やま) • (aoyama) ^{←あをやま (awoyama)?}

1. a green lush mountain or mountainous area
2. kamaboko (steamed fish paste) made into auspicious shapes, used in ceremonies

青(あお)山(やま) • (Aoyama) ^{←あをやま (Awoyama)?}

1. a Japanese habitational surname
2. Aoyama (a neighborhood in the north of Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan)

   So named as the land was deeded to Aoyama Tadanari (青山忠成, d. 1613; Wikipedia article) by Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康, d. 1616; Wikipedia article)

3. Aoyama (a former town in the Naga District, Mie Prefecture, Japan)
4. Aoyama, Aoyama Station (a railway station in the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan)

From Middle Chinese 青山 (tsheng srɛn, literally “green or blue + mountain or hill”). Compare modern Min Nan reading chheng-san, or Mandarin reading qīngshān.

The 山 character is read san ordinarily. The san changes to zan as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) せーざん [séꜜèzàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːzã̠ɴ]

青(せい)山(ざん) • (seizan) 

1. a green lush mountain or mountainous area
2. (figurative) a grave or one's final resting place

青(せい)山(ざん) • (Seizan) 

1. Qingshan (a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China)
2. Qingshan (a district of Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
3. Qingshan (several towns, townships and subdistricts in China)
4. name of a famous 琵琶 (biwa, “four-stringed lute”) brought to Japan from Tang Dynasty China