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^ˊ con^ˊ
    • 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

(deprecated template usage) 山川

1. mountains and rivers
2. landscape

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

山川 • (sansen) 

山川 • (yamakawa) 

1. mountains and rivers
2. a surname

Usage notes

• sansen is used more commonly than yamakawa. Yamakawa, on the other hand, is used mostly as a reading for the surname.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

山川 • (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