義山

Chinese

		justice; righteousness; meaning	mountain; hill
trad. (義山)		義	山
simp. (义山)		义	山

Etymology 1

Manila Chinese Cemetery - South Gate

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìshān

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ saan¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gī-soaⁿ / gī-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìshan
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-shan¹
  - Yale: yì-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshan
  - Palladius: ишань (išanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ saan¹
  - Yale: yih sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² saːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-soaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: gī-suann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixsvoaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-san
  - Tâi-lô: gī-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixsafn
  - IPA (Philippines): /ɡi⁴¹⁻²² san³³/

Noun

義山

(Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) free burial ground (for people who die without identification, poor people, etc.)
(Malaysia, Philippines) (Chinese) cemetery
- 另一名網友則痛批這些街燈越看越醜，佔據了一條車道增加擁擠不說，簡直像極了清明節和亡人節，帶去華僑義山祭拜先人用的紅色龍燭，若晚上亮起燈來，簡直就像仙山燃燒的蠟燭，陰森恐怖云云……。 [Philippine Mandarin, trad.]
  另一名网友则痛批这些街灯越看越丑，占据了一条车道增加拥挤不说，简直像极了清明节和亡人节，带去华侨义山祭拜先人用的红色龙烛，若晚上亮起灯来，简直就像仙山燃烧的蜡烛，阴森恐怖云云……。 [Philippine Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 2021 February 24, 劍客, 《談談華人區新街燈》, in Chinese Commercial News, page 7
  Lìng yī míng wǎngyǒu zé tòngpī zhèxiē jiēdēng yuè kàn yuè chǒu, zhànjù le yī tiáo chēdào zēngjiā yōngjǐ bù shuō, jiǎnzhí xiàng jíle Qīngmíngjié hé Wángrénjié, dài qù huáqiáo yìshān jìbài xiānrén yòng de hóngsè lóngzhú, ruò wǎnshàng liàng qǐ dēng lái, jiǎnzhí jiùxiàng xiānshān ránshāo de làzhú, yīnsēn kǒngbù yúnyún....... [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

(free burial ground): 義塚／义冢 (yìzhǒng)
(cemetery):

Dialectal synonyms of 墳地 (“graveyard; cemetery”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		墳地, 墳場, 墓地, 墳塋, 墓塋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	墳地
	Taiwan	墓地, 墳場
	Chengde	墳塋地
	Chifeng	墳地
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	墳塋地
	Heihe	墳地, 墳塋地
	Qiqihar	墳地, 墳塋地
	Harbin	墳地, 墳圈子
	Jiamusi	墳地, 墳塋地, 墳圈子
	Baicheng	墳塋地
	Changchun	墳塋地
	Tonghua	墳塋地
	Shenyang	墳地, 墳塋地
	Jinzhou	墳地, 墳塋地, 陰宅
	Singapore	墳場
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	墳地
	Tangshan	墳地, 墳塋地
	Cangzhou	墳地
	Baoding	墳地
	Shijiazhuang	墳地
	Lijin	墳地, 塋地
	Jinan	墳地, 林地
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	墳塋地, 塋盤
	Dandong	墳地, 墳塋地, 墳圈子
	Yantai	塋地
	Yantai (Muping)	塋地
	Qingdao	墳地, 塋地
	Zhucheng	林地, 塋地
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	墳, 墳地, 塋地
	Lingbao	墳地
	Jining	林地, 塋地
	Wanrong	墳地
	Linfen	墳
	Shangqiu	墳地
	Yuanyang	墳地
	Zhengzhou	墳地
	Xinyang	墳地
	Baihe	墳地
	Xi'an	墳地, 墳塋
	Baoji	墳地
	Tianshui	墳地, 墳院
	Xining	墳地, 墳灘
	Xuzhou	墳地, 林地, 老林, 林, 陰宅
	Fuyang	墳地, 塋地
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	墳地
	Lanzhou	墳地, 墳塋, 墳灘
	Dunhuang	墳院
	Hami	塋地
	Ürümqi	墳地, 墳院
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	墳地, 陰地
	Nanchong	墳地
	Dazhou	墳地
	Hanyuan	墳山
	Xichang	墳地
	Zigong	墳垻兒, 墳山
	Chongqing	墳山包包, 墳坡坡
	Wuhan	墳地, 墳場子, 墳場
	Yichang	墳地
	Xiangyang	墳地
	Tianmen	墳地
	Guiyang	墳地, 墳山, 陰地
	Zunyi	墳
	Bijie	墳地, 墳山
	Liping	亂葬祖
	Zhaotong	墳院地, 墳山
	Dali	墳地
	Kunming	墳地
	Mengzi	墳山
	Guilin	墳地
	Liuzhou	墳地
	Jishou	墳地
	Changde	祖山
	Hanzhong	墳地, 墳院
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	墳地, 墳山
	Yangzhou	墳地, 墳灘
	Lianyungang	塋院地
	Lianshui	墳地, 亂坑
	Nantong	墳地
	Anqing	墳地
	Wuhu	墳地
	Hefei	墳地
	Hong'an	墳山
Cantonese	Guangzhou	墳山
	Hong Kong	墳場, 墓園
	Dongguan	墳地
Gan	Lichuan	墳山
Gan	Pingxiang	地
Hakka	Meixian	地
	Yudu	地, 風水
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	墓地, 塚埔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	墓地, 塚埔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	墓地, 塚埔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	墓地, 塚埔
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	墓地, 塚埔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	埔地, 塚埔
Huizhou	Shexian	墳地
Jin	Taiyuan	墳地, 墓地
	Yangyuan	墳地, 墳塋
	Datong	墳地
	Xinzhou	墳地, 墳兒, 墳盤子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	墳地
	Changzhi	墳地
	Linhe	墳地
	Jining	墳地
	Hohhot	墳地
	Erenhot	墳地
	Pingshan	墳地
	Zhangjiakou	墳地
	Handan	墳地, 塋地
	Linzhou	墳地, 塋地
	Suide	墳地
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	墓地
Southern Min	Xiamen	墓地, 塚地, 塚仔地, 塚仔埔
	Zhangzhou	塚地, 塚仔地, 塚仔埔
	Taipei	風水, 塚仔埔, 墓, 墓仔埔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	風水, 墓
	Kaohsiung	風水, 塚仔埔, 墓, 墓仔埔
	Yilan	風水, 塚仔埔, 墓, 墓仔埔
	Changhua (Lukang)	崙仔頂, 塚仔埔, 墓
	Taichung	墓仔埔
	Tainan	風水, 塚仔埔, 墓, 墓仔埔
	Hsinchu	墓仔埔
	Kinmen	風水
	Penghu (Magong)	風水
	Manila (Hokkien)	新山, 義山
	Singapore (Teochew)	墳山
	Haikou	墓地
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	墳地
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	墳地
	Suzhou	墳地
	Danyang	墳山
	Hangzhou	墳地
	Wenzhou	墳地, 墳山
	Jinhua	墳地
Xiang	Changsha	墳地, 墳山
Xiang	Loudi	墳山

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yìshān

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yìshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yìshan
  - Wade–Giles: I⁴-shan¹
  - Yale: Yì-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yihshan
  - Palladius: Ишань (Išanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ saan¹
  - Yale: yih sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² saːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

義山

(～里) An urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei, Taiwan