香山

Chinese

		fragrant incense	mountain(s) hill(s)
trad. (香山)		香	山
simp. #(香山)		香	山

Etymology

In the case of the Fragrant Hills of Beijing, after two notable rocks shaped like Chinese incense burners near the top of 香爐峰／香炉峰 (Xiānglú Fēng, “Incense Burner Peak”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiāngshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ saan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hiong-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiāngshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siangshan
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiang¹-shan¹
    • Yale: Syāng-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiangshan
    • Palladius: Сяншань (Sjanšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ saan¹
    • Yale: hēung sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiong-san
    • Tâi-lô: Hiong-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiongsafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

香山

1. Fragrant Hills (near Beijing, China)

   香山紅葉／香山红叶  ―  xiāngshān hóngyè  ―  the red autumnal leaves of Fragrant Hills

2. (～區) Xiangshan (a district of Hsinchu City, Taiwan)
3. (historical) Xiangshan (a village, town, etc. in Taiwan)
4. (historical) (～縣) Former name of 中山 (Zhōngshān) (a county in Guangdong, China)