山梨

Chinese

		mountain; hill	pear
trad. (山梨)		山	梨
simp. #(山梨)		山	梨
anagram		梨山

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 山梨(やまなし) (yamanashi)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanlí
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-li²
    • Yale: shān-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanli
    • Palladius: шаньли (šanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ lei⁴
    • Yale: sāan lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ lei̯²¹/

Noun

山梨

1. sorb
2. Pyrus ussuriensis (Manchurian pear)

Derived terms

• 山梨酸 (shānlísuān)
• 山梨酸鉀／山梨酸钾 (shānlísuān jiǎ)

 

Proper noun

山梨

1. (～縣) Yamanashi (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Yamanashi (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	梨
やま Grade: 1	なし Grade: 4
kun’yomi

山梨 (yamanashi): the leaves and fruit of the Asian pear.

Etymology

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ 梨 (nashi, “pear”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やま​なし [yàmáꜜnàshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) やまなし [yàmánáshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

山(やま)梨(なし) or 山梨(ヤマナシ) • (yamanashi) 

1. Pyrus pyrifolia, especially P. p. var. pyrifolia: nashi pear, sand pear, Asian pear, apple pear

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヤマナシ.

Proper noun

山(やま)梨(なし) • (Yamanashi) 

1. Yamanashi (a city in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)
2. Yamanashi (a prefecture in south eastern Honshu, Japan)

Alternative forms

• 月見里