泰山

Chinese

Etymology 1

		safe; peaceful; most safe; peaceful; most; Thai(land); grand	mountain; hill
trad. (泰山)		泰	山
simp. #(泰山)		泰	山
alternative forms		太山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàishān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ saan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thài-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàishān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàishan
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-shan¹
    • Yale: Tài-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayshan
    • Palladius: Тайшань (Tajšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ saan¹
    • Yale: taai sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai san´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ san²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-san
    • Tâi-lô: Thài-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taesafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ san⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: thajH srean

Rime
Character	泰	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	他蓋切	所閒切
Baxter	thajH	srean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑiH/	/ʃˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑiH/	/ʃᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑiH/	/ʃæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰajH/	/ʂəɨn/
Li Rong	/tʰɑiH/	/ʃɛn/
Wang Li	/tʰɑiH/	/ʃæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑiH/	/ʂăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai3	saan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s  s-ŋrar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds  sreːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	泰	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài	shān
Middle Chinese	‹ thajH ›	‹ srɛn ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/	/*s-ŋrar/
English	great	mountain, hill
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泰	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12313	11052
Phonetic component	泰	山
Rime group	祭	元
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	泰	山
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*sreːn/

Proper noun

泰山

1. Mount Tai (a mountain in Shandong, China)
2. (～區) Taishan (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)

Derived terms

• 一葉蔽目，不見泰山／一叶蔽目，不见泰山 (yī yè bì mù, bù jiàn Tàishān)
• 一葉障目，不見泰山／一叶障目，不见泰山 (yī yè zhàng mù, bù jiàn Tàishān)
• 不識泰山／不识泰山
• 人心齊，泰山移／人心齐，泰山移 (rénxīn qí, Tàishān yí)
• 安如泰山 (ānrútàishān)
• 安於泰山／安于泰山
• 安若泰山
• 挾泰山以超北海／挟泰山以超北海 (xié tàishān yǐ chāo běihǎi)
• 挾泰山超北海／挟泰山超北海
• 捧土加泰山
• 有眼不識泰山／有眼不识泰山 (yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān)
• 死有重於泰山，輕於鴻毛／死有重于泰山，轻于鸿毛 (sǐ yǒu zhòng yú Tàishān, qīng yú hóngmáo)
• 死重泰山
• 泰山之安
• 泰山其頹／泰山其颓
• 泰山刻石
• 泰山北斗 (tàishānběidǒu)
• 泰山可倚
• 泰山壓卵／泰山压卵
• 泰山壓頂／泰山压顶
• 泰山娘娘
• 泰山梁木
• 泰山磐石
• 泰山若厲／泰山若厉
• 泰山鴻毛／泰山鸿毛
• 登泰山而小天下 (dēng Tàishān ér xiǎo tiānxià)
• 穩如泰山／稳如泰山 (wěnrútàishān)
• 螞蟻搬泰山／蚂蚁搬泰山
• 重於泰山／重于泰山 (zhòng yú Tàishān)
• 鴻毛泰山／鸿毛泰山

 

Descendants

• → English: Tai Shan

Noun

泰山

1. (figurative) something of great weight or importance

   安全責任重於泰山。 [MSC, trad.]
   安全责任重于泰山。 [MSC, simp.]

   Ānquán zérèn zhòng yú Tàishān. [Pinyin]

   Responsibility in safety is the most important.

2. (figurative) father-in-law

Etymology 2

		safe; peaceful; most safe; peaceful; most; Thai(land); grand	mountain; hill
trad. (泰山)		泰	山
simp. #(泰山)		泰	山

Phono-semantic matching of English Tarzan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàishān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ saan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thài-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàishān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàishan
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-shan¹
    • Yale: Tài-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayshan
    • Palladius: Тайшань (Tajšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ saan¹
    • Yale: taai sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai san´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ san²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-san
    • Tâi-lô: Thài-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taesafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

泰山

1. Tarzan (fictional character in the novel Tarzan of the Apes)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
泰	山
たい Grade: S	ざん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠izã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

泰(たい)山(ざん) • (Taizan) 

1. Mount Tai

Korean

Hanja in this term
泰	山

Proper noun

泰山 • (Taesan) (hangeul 태산)

1. Hanja form^? of 태산 (“Mount Tai”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
泰	山

Proper noun

泰山

1. chữ Hán form of Thái Sơn (“Mount Tai”).