崑山

See also: 昆山

Chinese

		Kunlun mountains	mountain; hill
trad. (崑山)		崑	山
simp. (昆山)		昆	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kūnshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ saan¹ / gwan¹ saan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Khun-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kūnshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kunshan
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻun¹-shan¹
    • Yale: Kwūn-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuenshan
    • Palladius: Куньшань (Kunʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan¹ saan¹ / gwan¹ saan¹
    • Yale: kwān sāan / gwān sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ saan¹ / gwan¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ san¹ / guen¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/, /kʷɐn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khun-san
    • Tâi-lô: Khun-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qunsafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun³³ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

崑山

1. (～市) Kunshan (a county-level city in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China)
2. Short for 崑崙山／昆仑山 (Kūnlún Shān, “Kunlun Mountains”).

   • 人不愛崑山之玉、江漢之珠，而愛己一蒼璧小璣，有之利故也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     人不爱昆山之玉、江汉之珠，而爱己一苍璧小玑，有之利故也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

     Rén bù ài Kūnshān zhī yù, Jiānghàn zhī zhū, ér ài jǐ yī cāng bì xiǎo jī, yǒu zhī lì gù yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. Alternative name for 馬鞍山／马鞍山 (Mǎ'ānshān, “Ma'an Mountain, Kunshan”).

Derived terms

• 崑山腔 / 昆山腔 (kūnshānqiāng)