山川

Chinese

		mountain; hill	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (山川)		山	川

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄔㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ cyun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sân-chhôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): san-chhoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanchuan
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: shān-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanchuan
    • Palladius: шаньчуань (šanʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saan¹ cyun¹
    • Yale: sāan chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 山川 山村

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân-chhôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: san´ con´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san¹ con¹
    • Sinological IPA: /san²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san-chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: san-tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sanzhoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /san⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /san³³ t͡sʰuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /san⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/

Noun

山川

1. (literally) mountains and rivers

   • 故上悖日月之明，下爍山川之精，中墮四時之施，惴耎之蟲，肖翹之物，莫不失其性。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故上悖日月之明，下烁山川之精，中堕四时之施，惴耎之虫，肖翘之物，莫不失其性。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gù shàng bèi rìyuè zhī míng, xià shuò shānchuān zhī jīng, zhōng duò sìshí zhī shī, zhuìnuò zhī chóng, xiàoqiào zhī wù, mòbù shī qí xìng. [Pinyin]

     It is just as if, above, the brightness of the sun and moon were darkened; as if, beneath, the productive vigour of the hills and streams were dried up; and as if, between, the operation of the four seasons were brought to an end: in which case there would not be a single weak and wriggling insect, nor any plant that grows up, which would not lose its proper nature.

2. (figuratively) scenery; landscape; view

Synonyms

• (scenery):

• 光景 (guāngjǐng)
• 勝景／胜景 (shèngjǐng) (wonderful scenery)
• 勝概／胜概 (shènggài) (beautiful scenery, literary)
• 山水 (shānshuǐ) (figurative)
• 春景 (chūnjǐng) (spring scenery)
• 春色 (chūnsè) (spring scenery)
• 景物 (jǐngwù)
• 景致 (jǐngzhì)
• 景色 (jǐngsè)
• 景觀／景观 (jǐngguān)
• 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
• 氣象／气象 (qìxiàng) (literary)
• 秀色 (xiùsè) (beautiful scenery)
• 秋景 (qiūjǐng) (autumn scenery)
• 秋色 (qiūsè) (autumn scenery)
• 美景 (měijǐng) (beautiful scenery)
• 雨景 (yǔjǐng) (rainy scene)
• 風光／风光
• 風景／风景 (fēngjǐng)
• 風物／风物 (fēngwù)
• 風貌／风貌 (fēngmào)

 

Related terms

• 河流 (héliú)
• 山嶽／山岳 (shānyuè)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
山	川
やま Grade: 1	かわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river; stream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ka̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

山(やま)川(かわ) • (yamakawa) 

1. mountains and rivers

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
山	川
やま Grade: 1	かわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ka̠ɰᵝa̠]

Proper noun

山(やま)川(かわ) • (Yamakawa) 

1. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
山	川
さん Grade: 1	せん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Compound of 山(さん) (san, “mountain”) + 川(せん) (sen, “river; stream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sã̠ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

山(さん)川(せん) • (sansen) 

1. mountains and rivers

Derived terms

• 山川草木(さんせんそうもく) (sansensōmoku): natural scenery
• 山川万里(さんせんばんり) (sansenbanri): across mountains and rivers

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
山	川
やま Grade: 1	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river; stream”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

山(やま)川(がわ) • (yamagawa) 

1. mountain rivers

Derived terms

• 深山川蜻蛉(みやまがわとんぼ) (miyamagawatonbo): damselfly

Korean

Hanja in this term
山	川

Noun

山川 • (sancheon) (hangeul 산천)

1. Hanja form^? of 산천 (“natural landscape; mountains and rivers”).