三山

Chinese

		three	mountain(s) hill(s) island(s)
simp. and trad. (三山)		三	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄕㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sanshan
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-shan¹
    • Yale: Sān-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanshan
    • Palladius: Саньшань (Sanʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

三山

1. (Chinese mythology) The Three Sacred Mountains
2. The Three Mountains (refers to various places and deities)
3. (informal) Alternative name for 福州 (Fúzhōu), Fuzhou (a city in Fujian, China)
4. (～區) Sanshan (a district of Wuhu, Anhui, China)
5. (～島) Sanshan (an island group in Lake Tai administered as part of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三山 (Miyama).

Proper noun

三山

1. (～市) Miyama (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)