中山

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (中山)		中	山

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhōngshān

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zung¹ saan¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zuung¹ san¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Chûng-sân
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiong-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongshan
  - Wade–Giles: Chung¹-shan¹
  - Yale: Jūng-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongshan
  - Palladius: Чжуншань (Čžunšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    中山
    鍾山／钟山
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ saan¹
  - Yale: jūng sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zuung¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵŋ³³ san³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chûng-sân
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ san´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-san
  - Tâi-lô: Tiong-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongsafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ san³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Etymology 1

Literally “Central Mountains”, named after a mountain in its capital.

Proper noun

中山

(～國) (historical) Zhongshan (ancient feudal state in modern Dingzhou, Hebei, China)

Etymology 2

Named after Chinese president 孫中山 (Sun Yat-sen's) pseudonym 中(なか)山(やま)樵(きこり) (Nakayama Kikori), from the Japanese surname 中(なか)山(やま) (Nakayama).

Zhongshan, Guangdong was renamed from 香山 (Xiāngshān); Sun Yat-sen's birthplace is in Zhongshan.

Proper noun

中山

(～市, formerly ～縣) Zhongshan (a prefecture-level city and former county of Guangdong, China)
(～區) Zhongshan (a district of Dalian, Liaoning, China)
(～區) Zhongshan (a district of the city of Taipei, Taiwan)
(～區) Zhongshan (a district of the city of Keelung, Taiwan)

Synonyms

(city in Guangdong): 香山 (Xiāngshān) (historical)

Derived terms

中山文藝獎／中山文艺奖
中山服 (zhōngshānfú)
中山狼
中山裝／中山装 (zhōngshānzhuāng)
中山陵 (Zhōngshānlíng)
中山高速公路
隆中山

Further reading

“Entry #36029”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	山
なか Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

中(なか)山(やま) • (Nakayama)

a surname

Kanji in this term
中	山
ちゅう Grade: 1	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on’yomi

中(ちゅう)山(ざん) • (Chūzan)

Chūzan (a former kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands, existing from 1314 to 1429)

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