白頭山

See also: 白头山

Chinese

		hoary head; white hair; whitehead	mountain; hill
trad. (白頭山)		白頭	山
simp. (白头山)		白头	山

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Báitóushān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Báitóushān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Báitóushan
    • Wade–Giles: Pai²-tʻou²-shan¹
    • Yale: Bái-tóu-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bairtourshan
    • Palladius: Байтоушань (Bajtoušanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

Proper noun

白頭山

1. Paektu Mountain (mountain on the border between China and North Korea)

Synonyms

• 長白山／长白山 (Chángbáishān)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	頭	山
ぺく Grade: 1	とぅ Grade: 2	さん Grade: 1
irregular

From Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan).

Alternative forms

• (less common) 白頭山(ペクトサン) (Pekutosan)
• (dated) 白頭山(はくとうさん) (hakutōsan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pe̞kɯ̟ᵝtɯ̟ᵝsã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

白頭山(ペクトゥサン) • (Pekutusan) 

1. Paektu Mountain (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	頭	山
ぺく Grade: 1	と Grade: 2	さん Grade: 1
irregular

From Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan), with an irregular vowel suited to Japanese phonology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pe̞kɯ̟ᵝto̞sã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

白頭山(ペクトサン) • (Pekutosan) 

1. (less common) Alternative form of 白頭山 (Pekutusan, “Paektu Mountain (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China)”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
白	頭	山
はく Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2	さん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝto̞ːsã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

白(はく)頭(とう)山(さん) • (Hakutōsan) ^{←はくとうさん (fakutousan)?}

1. (less common) Alternative form of 白頭山 (Pekutusan, “Paektu Mountain (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China)”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	頭	山

Proper noun

白頭山 • (Paektusan) (hangeul 백두산)

1. Hanja form^? of 백두산 (“Paektu Mountain (on the China-North Korea border)”).