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
• Min Nan (POJ): san-chhoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shānchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanchuan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ cyun¹
    • Yale: sāan chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ tsyn¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɑːn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân-chhôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: san´ con´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san¹ con¹
    • IPA: /san²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san-chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: san-tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sanzhoafn
    • IPA (Taipei): /san⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/

Noun

山川

1. mountains and rivers
2. landscape

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	川
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Etymology 1

From 山 (san, "mountain") + 川 (sen, "river") or

From 山 (yama, "mountain," "peak") + 川 (kawa, "river," "stream," "brook")

Noun

山川 ‎(hiragana さんせん, romaji sansen)

山川 ‎(hiragana やまかわ, romaji yamakawa)

1. mountains and rivers

Usage notes

• sansen is used more commonly than yamakawa

Etymology 2

From 山 (yama, "mountain," "peak") + 川 (kawa, "river," "stream," "brook")

Noun

山川 ‎(hiragana やまがわ, romaji yamagawa)

1. mountain 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
• 深山川蜻蛉 (みやまがわとんぼ, miyamagawatonbo) damselfly