金山

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (金山)		金	山

Etymology

For some geographical locations, the name refers to the gold rush in the 19th century. (The term is being used loosely for any place of great chances for wealth in a similar fashion to the English "gold mine".)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gam¹ saan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gim¹ san¹, gim¹ san^1*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîm-sân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-san
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹cin-se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinshan
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-shan¹
    • Yale: jīn-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinshan
    • Palladius: цзиньшань (czinʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ saan¹
    • Yale: gām sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gim¹ san¹, gim¹ san^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kim³³ san³³/, /kim³³ san³³⁻³³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim´ san´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-san
    • Tâi-lô: kim-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kimsafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim³³ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cin-se
    • MiniDict: cin^平 se
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-se
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ se²¹/

Noun

金山

1. gold mine

Derived terms

• 玉海金山
• 紫金山 (Zǐjīnshān)
• 金山客 (jīnshānkè)
• 金山阿伯

 

Proper noun

金山

1. (～區, formerly ～縣) Jinshan (a district and former county of Shanghai, China)
2. (～區, formerly ～鄉) Jinshan, Chinshan (a district and former rural township in New Taipei, Taiwan)
3. (～郡) (historical) Jinshan Commandery (in modern-day Sichuan)
4. (～市) Kaneyama (a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
5. (obsolete) Alternative name for 舊金山／旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān, “San Francisco, California, USA”).

   美國金山正埠／美国金山正埠  ―  Měiguó Jīnshān zhèngbù  ―  San Francisco, USA

6. (Cantonese, dated) Alternative name for 美國／美国 (Měiguó, “United States”).

Synonyms

• (United States):

• 米國／米国 (Mǐguó) (Internet slang, often humorous)
• 美利堅／美利坚 (Měilìjiān) (dated)
• 美利堅合眾國／美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó)
• 美國／美国 (Měiguó)
• 美帝 (měidì) (colloquial, slang, often derogatory)
• 花旗 (Huāqí) (obsolete or Min Nan)
• 花旗國／花旗国 (Huāqíguó) (obsolete)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 美國 (“United States”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美利堅合眾國, 美國
Mandarin	Taiwan	美國
	Singapore	美國
Cantonese	Guangzhou	美國, 金山 dated
	Hong Kong	美國, 花旗國 dated
	Taishan	美國, 花旗, 金山
	Kaiping (Chikan)	金山
	Singapore (Guangfu)	美國
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	米國, 亞美利加
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	美國, 米國, 亞美利加
Southern Min	Xiamen	美國
	Quanzhou	美國
	Jinjiang	花旗
	Zhangzhou	美國
	Tainan	美國
	Penang (Hokkien)	美國
	Singapore (Hokkien)	美國
	Manila (Hokkien)	美國, 花旗
	Singapore (Teochew)	美國
Wu	Shanghai	美國, 花旗

Derived terms

• 新金山 (Xīnjīnshān, “Melbourne”)
• 舊金山／旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān, “San Francisco”)
• 金山阿伯
• 雪梨金山

 

Descendants

• → English: Chinshan, Jinshan, → Gold Mountain (calque)

See also

• Gold Mountain

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
金	山
きん Grade: 1	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

金(きん)山(ざん) • (kinzan) 

1. gold mine (mine for gold)

Proper noun

金(きん)山(ざん) • (Kinzan) 

1. a place name, such as that of Jinshan District, New Taipei

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
金	山
かな Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

金(かな)山(やま) • (kanayama) 

1. a mine for metals

Proper noun

金(かな)山(やま) • (Kanayama) 

1. a place name
2. a surname

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
金	山
かね Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

金(かね)山(やま) • (Kaneyama) 

1. Kaneyama (a town in Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)