西山

Chinese

		west western	mountain(s) hill(s) island(s)
simp. and trad. (西山)		西	山
anagram		山西

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sishan
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-shan¹
    • Yale: Syī-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shishan
    • Palladius: Сишань (Sišanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

Proper noun

西山

1. Western Hills (a range west of Beijing, China)
2. (～島) Xishan (an island in Lake Tai administered as part of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China)
3. (～鎮) Former name of 金庭 (Jīntíng), Jinting (a town on Xishan Island in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China)
4. (～街道) Xishan (a subdistrict of Echeng district, Ezhou, Hubei, China)
5. (～朝) Tây Sơn dynasty

Hypernyms

• (Western hills): 香山 (Xiāngshān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (西山):

• → Japanese: 西山(にしやま) (Nishiyama)
• → Korean: 서산(西山) (Seosan)
• → Vietnamese: Tây Sơn (西山)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	山
にし Grade: 2	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

西(にし)山(やま) • (Nishiyama) 

1. a surname

Korean

Hanja in this term
西	山

Proper noun

西山 • (Seosan) (hangeul 서산)

1. Hanja form^? of 서산.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
西	山

Proper noun

西山

1. chữ Hán form of Tây Sơn.