山东

Mandarin

simpl.		山东
trad.		山東

Etymology

Literally: east of the (Taihang) Mountains

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ ʂan˥˥tʊŋ˥˥ ]

Proper noun

山东 (simplified, Pinyin Shāndōng, traditional 山東)

1. Shandong province
2. (archaic) the area to the east of Hangu Pass
3. (archaic) the area to the east of the Taihang Mountains
4. (archaic) the area to the east of Mount Hua

References

• 山东 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia
• Shandong on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Shandong
• "山东" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-17.
• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778: