深山

Chinese

		deep; profound	mountain; hill
trad. (深山)		深	山
simp. #(深山)		深	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ saan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂m-sân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-soaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenshan
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-shan¹
    • Yale: shēn-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenshan
    • Palladius: шэньшань (šɛnʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ saan¹
    • Yale: sām sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂m-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciim´ san´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cim¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-soaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-suann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimsvoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ suã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: syim srean

Rime
Character	深	山
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	式針切	所閒切
Baxter	syim	srean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪm/	/ʃˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕim/	/ʃᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjem/	/ʃæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕim/	/ʂəɨn/
Li Rong	/ɕiəm/	/ʃɛn/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕm/	/ʃæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əm/	/ʂăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam1	saan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥][ə]m  s-ŋrar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljum  sreːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	深	山
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn	shān
Middle Chinese	‹ syim ›	‹ srɛn ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥][ə]m/	/*s-ŋrar/
English	deep	mountain, hill
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	深	山
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	11255	11052
Phonetic component	罙	山
Rime group	侵	元
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	深	山
Old Chinese	/*hljum/	/*sreːn/

Noun

深山

1. remote mountains; deep in the mountains

Synonyms

• 內山／内山 (Hokkien)
• 山內／山内 (Hokkien)
• 山區／山区 (shānqū)
• 山地 (shāndì)

 

Derived terms

• 深山出俊鳥／深山出俊鸟
• 深山幽谷 (shēnshānyōugǔ)
• 深山窮谷／深山穷谷 (shēnshānqiónggǔ)
• 貧居鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親／贫居闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (深山):

• → Japanese: 深山(しんざん) (shinzan)
• → Korean: 심산(深山) (simsan)