興安嶺

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	mountain range
trad. (興安嶺)		興	安	嶺
simp. (兴安岭)		兴	安	岭

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠬᠢᠩᠭᠠᠨ (kiŋɣan) (Хянган (Xjangan) in Khalkha Mongolian), perhaps via Manchu ᡥᡳᠩᡤᠠᠨ (hinggan).

See Mongolian хянга (xjanga, “mountain peak, crest, flange”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīng'ānlǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄢ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ on¹ ling⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīng'ānlǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄢ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sing-anlǐng
    • Wade–Giles: Hsing¹-an¹-ling³
    • Yale: Syīng-ān-lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinganliing
    • Palladius: Синъаньлин (Sinʺanʹlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ˀän⁵⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ on¹ ling⁵
    • Yale: hīng ōn líhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ on¹ ling⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ on¹ ling⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵ lɪŋ¹³/

Proper noun

興安嶺

1. Khingan, a collective name for mountain ranges on both sides of the Amur River

Derived terms

• 內興安嶺／内兴安岭
• 外興安嶺／外兴安岭 (Wài-Xīng'ānlǐng)
• 大興安嶺／大兴安岭 (Dàxīng'ānlǐng)
• 小興安嶺／小兴安岭 (Xiǎoxīng'ānlǐng)