山陰

See also: 山阴

Chinese

		mountain; hill	(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady
trad. (山陰)		山	陰
simp. (山阴)		山	阴
anagram		陰山／阴山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanyin
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-yin¹
    • Yale: shān-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanin
    • Palladius: шаньинь (šanʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ jam¹
    • Yale: sāan yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

山陰

1. (literary) shady side of a mountain

Proper noun

山陰

1. (～縣) (historical) Shanyin County (ancient county in modern-day Shaoxing)

   • 會于會稽山陰之蘭亭 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     会于会稽山阴之兰亭 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 353 CE, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion

     huì yú Kuàijī shānyīn zhī lán tíng [Pinyin]

     We all gathered at the orchid pavilion in Shanyin County, Kuaiji Prefecture, […]

2. (～縣) Shanyin (a county of Shuozhou, Shanxi, China)

Derived terms

• 山陰道上／山阴道上

 

Japanese

Noun

Kanji in this term
山	陰
やま Grade: 1	かげ Grade: S

山(やま)陰(かげ) • (yamakage) 

1. the shadow of the mountain

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
山	陰
さん Grade: 1	いん Grade: S

山(さん)陰(いん) • (San'in) 

1. Short for 山陰地方.