常山

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (常山)		常	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chángshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ saan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chángshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chángshan
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻang²-shan¹
    • Yale: Cháng-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Charngshan
    • Palladius: Чаншань (Čanšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: sèuhng sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-san
    • Tâi-lô: siông-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongsafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔŋ¹³⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

常山

1. (～郡) (historical) Changshan Commandery (near present-day Shijiazhuang)
2. (～縣) Changshan (a county of Quzhou, Zhejiang, China)
3. (used to avoid naming taboo) Alternative term for 恆山／恒山 (Héng Shān, “Mount Heng”).

Noun

常山

1. Dichroa febrifuga

Japanese

Kanji in this term
常	山
じょう Grade: 5	さん > ざん Grade: 1
goon	kan'on

Noun

常(じょう)山(ざん) or 常山(ジョウザン) • (jōzan) ^{←じゃうざん (zyauzan)?}

1. Dichroa febrifuga
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) roots of Dichroa febrifuga

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).