皮山

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (皮山)		皮	山

Etymology

First attested in the Book of Han as the name of a kingdom in the Western Regions. The name is transcribed as 皮穴 in the Records of the Three Kingdoms, and 蒲山 in the Book of Wei.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Píshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Píshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Píshan
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻi²-shan¹
    • Yale: Pí-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pyishan
    • Palladius: Пишань (Pišanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: pèih sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

皮山

1. (historical) Pishan (an ancient kingdom in Xinjiang)
2. (～縣) Pishan, Guma (a county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China)