中山

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (中山)		中	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung¹ saan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹ san¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chûng-sân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongshan
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-shan¹
    • Yale: Jūng-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongshan
    • Palladius: Чжуншань (Čžunšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ saan¹
    • Yale: jūng sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zuung¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ san³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung^ˊ san^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-san
    • Tâi-lô: Tiong-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongsafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Literally “Central Mountains”, named after a mountain in its capital.

Proper noun

中山

1. (～國) (historical) Zhongshan (ancient feudal state in modern Dingzhou, Hebei, China)

Etymology 2

Named after Chinese president 孫中山 (Sun Yat-sen), who used the pseudonym 中(なか)山(やま)樵(きこり) (Nakayama Kikori). Ultimately from the Japanese surname 中(なか)山(やま) (Nakayama).

Zhongshan, Guangdong was renamed from 香山 (Xiāngshān); Sun Yat-sen's birthplace is in Zhongshan.

Proper noun

中山

1. (～市, formerly ～縣) Zhongshan (a prefecture-level city and former county of Guangdong, China)
2. (～區) Zhongshan (a district of Dalian, Liaoning, China)
3. (～區) Zhongshan (a district of the city of Taipei, Taiwan)
4. (～區) Zhongshan (a district of the city of Keelung, Taiwan)

Synonyms

• (city in Guangdong): 香山 (Xiāngshān) (historical)

Derived terms

• 中山文藝獎／中山文艺奖
• 中山服 (zhōngshānfú)
• 中山狼
• 中山裝／中山装 (zhōngshānzhuāng)
• 中山陵 (Zhōngshānlíng)
• 中山高速公路
• 隆中山

 

Further reading

• “Entry #36029”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	山
なか Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Proper noun

中(なか)山(やま) • (Nakayama) 

1. a surname

Kanji in this term
中	山
ちゅう Grade: 1	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on'yomi

中(ちゅう)山(ざん) • (Chūzan) 

1. Chūzan (a former kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands, existing from 1314 to 1429)