岡山

See also: 冈山

Chinese

		ridge; mound	mountain; hill
trad. (岡山)		岡	山
simp. (冈山)		冈	山
anagram		山岡／山冈

Etymology

Okayama, Japan

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 岡山(おかやま) (Okayama).

Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 岡山(おかやま) (Okayama), which replaced 阿公店 (A-kong-tiàm), the old name of the area, in 1920.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāngshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄤ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ saan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kong-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gāngshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄤ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gangshan
    • Wade–Giles: Kang¹-shan¹
    • Yale: Gāng-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gangshan
    • Palladius: Ганшань (Ganšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gong¹ saan¹
    • Yale: gōng sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 岡山／冈山 江山

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kong-san
    • Tâi-lô: Kong-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongsafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

岡山

1. (～縣) Okayama (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Okayama (the capital city of Okayama Prefecture, Japan)
3. (～區) Gangshan (a suburban district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
岡	山
おか Grade: 4	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おか​やま [òkáꜜyàmà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ka̠ja̠ma̠]

Proper noun

岡(おか)山(やま) • (Okayama) ^{←をかやま (wokayama)?}

1. Okayama (the capital city of Okayama Prefecture, Japan)
2. Okayama (a prefecture of Japan)
3. a surname

Kanji in this term
岡	山
Grade: 4	Grade: 1
irregular

岡山(かんしゃん) or 岡山(カンシャン) • (Kanshan) 

1. Kangshan, Gangshan (a suburban district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan)