山番

Chinese

		mountain; hill	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (山番)		山	番
simp. #(山番)		山	番

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānfān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄈㄢ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soaⁿ-hoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānfān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄈㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanfan
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-fan¹
    • Yale: shān-fān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanfan
    • Palladius: шаньфань (šanʹfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-hoan
    • Tâi-lô: suann-huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'hoafn
    • IPA (Penang): /suã³³⁻²¹ huan³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴/

Noun

山番

1. (Malaysian Hokkien) natives; aborigines
2. (Malaysia, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) barbarians; a Malaysian citizen of Malay descent
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory, ethnic slur) indigenous Taiwanese people

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	番
やま Grade: 1	ばん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠bã̠ɴ]

Noun

山(やま)番(ばん) • (yamaban) 

1. a watchman who protects mountains and forests from fires and other problems

Synonyms

• 山守(やまもり) (yamamori)