青山

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ChineseEdit

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (青山)		青	山

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ saan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-sân
• Min Nan (POJ): chheng-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: qīngshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshan
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 青山 青衫

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ saan¹
    • Yale: chīng sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ san¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɑːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ san´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ san¹
    • IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-san
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

NounEdit

青山

1. green mountains; mountains with lush forests

Derived termsEdit

• 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒／留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 (liú dé qīngshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo)

• 青山綠水／青山绿水

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JapaneseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

青山 (Aoyama): the Aoyama family crest.

Kanji in this term
青	山
あお Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 青 (ao, “blue or green; lush with life”) +‎ 山 (yama, “mountain”).

PronunciationEdit

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あおやま [àóyámá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ja̠ma̠]

NounEdit

青山 (hiragana あおやま, rōmaji aoyama, historical hiragana あをやま)

1. a green lush mountain or mountainous area
2. a type of fancy kamaboko (fishcake) used in ceremonies

Proper nounEdit

青山 (hiragana あおやま, rōmaji Aoyama, historical hiragana あをやま)

1. A Japanese habitational surname​.
2. a place in the north of Minato-ku, Tōkyō

   So named as the land was deeded to Aoyama Tadanari (青山忠成, d. 1613; Wikipedia article) by Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康, d. 1616; Wikipedia article).

3. various other places in Japan

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• 青山菊 (あおやまぎく) (aoyamagiku): the Aoyama chrysanthemum, a family crest

Etymology 2Edit

Kanji in this term
青	山
せい Grade: 1	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 青山 (tsheng srɛn, literally “green or blue + mountain or hill”). Compare modern Min Nan reading chheng-san, or Mandarin reading qīngshān.

The 山 character is read san ordinarily. The san changes to zan as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

PronunciationEdit

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せ​ーざん [séꜜèzàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːzã̠ɴ]

NounEdit

青山 (hiragana せいざん, rōmaji seizan)

1. a green lush mountain or mountainous area
2. (metaphoric) a grave or one's final resting place
3. alternate name for the 琵 (び)琶 (わ) (biwa), a four-stringed lute brought to Japan from Tang Dynasty China

IdiomsEdit

Idioms

• 青山一髪 (せいざんいっぱつ) (seizan ippatsu): "lush mountains, a single hair" → the mountains are so far away that they recede into the distance, seeming only as tall as a single hair is wide
• 人間到 (にんげんいた)る処青山有 (ところせいざんあ)り (ningen itaru tokoro seizan ari); 人間至 (じんかんいた)る所青山有 (ところせいざんあ)り (jinkan itaru tokoro seizan ari): "wherever people go, there are green mountains", "wherever you go in the world, there are green mountains" → get out and see the world, don't be a homebody

Proper nounEdit

青山 (hiragana せいざん, rōmaji Seizan)

1. Qingshan, any of several places in China

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