天山

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (天山)		天	山
Literally: “Mountains of Heaven”.

Etymology

Calque of Uyghur تەڭرىتاغ (tengritagh, literally “Mountains of God (Tengri)”) (Tengri Tagh).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tiānshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ saan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thian-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tianshan
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-shan¹
    • Yale: Tyān-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianshan
    • Palladius: Тяньшань (Tjanʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ saan¹
    • Yale: tīn sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-san
    • Tâi-lô: Thian-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensafn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

天山

1. Tian Shan (a mountain range in China and Central Asia)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	山
てん Grade: 1	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Proper noun

天(てん)山(ざん) • (Tenzan) 

1. Tian Shan

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	山

Proper noun

天山 • (Cheonsan) (hangeul 천산)

1. hanja form^? of 천산 (“Tian Shan”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	山

Proper noun

天山

1. chữ Hán form of Thiên Sơn (“Tian Shan”).