青山

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	mountain; hill
trad. (青山)		青	山
simp. #(青山)		青	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ saan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-sân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingshan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-shan¹
    • Yale: chīng-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshan
    • Palladius: циншань (cinšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ saan¹
    • Yale: chīng sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˊ san^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-san
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengsafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 青山

1. green mountains; mountains with lush forests

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 青山

1. (～區) Qingshan (a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China)
2. (～鎮) Qingshan (a town in Yunyang district, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

青山 (Aoyama): the Aoyama family crest.

Kanji in this term
青	山
あお Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑山 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 青 (ao, “blue or green; lush with life”) +‎ 山 (yama, “mountain”).

Noun

青(あお)山(やま) • (aoyama) ^{←あをやま (awoyama)?}

1. a green lush mountain or mountainous area
2. a type of fancy kamaboko (fishcake) used in ceremonies

Proper noun

青(あお)山(やま) • (Aoyama) ^{←あをやま (awoyama)?}

1. a Japanese habitational surname
2. a place in the north of Minato-ku, Tōkyō

   So named as the land was deeded to Aoyama Tadanari (青山忠成, d. 1613; Wikipedia article) by Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康, d. 1616; Wikipedia article).

3. various other places in Japan

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 青山菊(あおやまぎく) (aoyamagiku): the Aoyama chrysanthemum, a family crest

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
青	山
せい Grade: 1	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
靑山 (kyūjitai)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 青山 (tsheng srɛn, literally “green or blue + mountain or hill”). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Min Nan reading chheng-san, or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin reading qīngshān.

The 山 character is read san ordinarily. The san changes to zan as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

青(せい)山(ざん) • (seizan) 

1. a green lush mountain or mountainous area
2. (metaphoric) a grave or one's final resting place
3. alternate name for the 琵琶(びわ) (biwa), a four-stringed lute brought to Japan from Tang Dynasty China

Idioms

Idioms

• 青山一髪(せいざんいっぱつ) (seizan ippatsu): "lush mountains, a single hair" → the mountains are so far away that they recede into the distance, seeming only as tall as a single hair is wide
• 人間到(にんげんいた)る処青山有(ところせいざんあ)り (ningen itaru tokoro seizan ari); 人間至(じんかんいた)る所青山有(ところせいざんあ)り (jinkan itaru tokoro seizan ari): "wherever people go, there are green mountains", "wherever you go in the world, there are green mountains" → get out and see the world, don't be a homebody

Proper noun

青(せい)山(ざん) • (Seizan) 

1. Qingshan, any of several places in China