山形

Chinese

		mountain; hill	to appear; to look; form to appear; to look; form; shape
simp. and trad. (山形)		山	形

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shansíng
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-hsing²
    • Yale: shān-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanshyng
    • Palladius: шаньсин (šanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ jing⁴
    • Yale: sāan yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹/

Noun

山形

1. topography of a mountain; features of a mountain

Synonyms

• 山勢／山势 (shānshì)

Proper noun

山形

1. (～縣) Yamagata (a prefecture of Japan)
2. (～市) Yamagata (a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
3. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 山形, Yamagata

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	形
やま Grade: 1	かた > がた Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やま​がた [yàmáꜜgàtà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ɡa̠ta̠]

Proper noun

山(やま)形(がた) • (Yamagata) 

1. Yamagata (the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
2. Yamagata (a prefecture in northern Honshu, Japan)
3. a surname