次高山

Chinese

		next	high(est)	mountain
trad. (次高山)		次	高	山
simp. #(次高山)		次	高	山

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 次高山.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Cìgāoshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Cìgāoshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄍㄠ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Cìhgaoshan
    • Wade–Giles: Tzʻŭ⁴-kao¹-shan¹
    • Yale: Tsz̀-gāu-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tsyhgaushan
    • Palladius: Цыгаошань (Cygaošanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

Proper noun

次高山

1. (historical) Former name of 雪山 (xuěshān), the 2nd-tallest mountain on Taiwan Island, during the island's Japanese occupation.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
次	高	山
つぎ Grade: 3	たか Grade: 2	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From the discovery that Xueshan was higher than Mount Fuji in the Japanese Islands but shorter than Yushan on Taiwan.

Proper noun

次(つぎ)高(たか)山(やま) • (Tsugitakayama) 

1. (historical) Former name of 玉山, the 2nd-highest mountain on Taiwan Island.