阿爾山

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿爾山)		阿	爾	山
simp. (阿尔山)		阿	尔	山

Etymology

The full name for the city is 阿倫阿爾山／阿伦阿尔山 (Ālún Ā'ěrshān), a transcription of Mongolian ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ
ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ (qalaɣun rasiyan, literally “hot holy water”).

The Mongolian name is composed of native ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ (qalaɣun, “hot”) + non-native ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ (rasiyan, “holy water, spring”). The latter, which corresponds to Chinese 阿爾山／阿尔山 (Ā'ěrshān), was loaned from Sanskrit रसायन (rasāyana, “elixir”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ā'ěrshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄦˇ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ ji⁵ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ā'ěrshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄦˇ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: A-ěrshan
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-êrh³-shan¹
    • Yale: Ā-ěr-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Aeelshan
    • Palladius: Аэршань (Aeršanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ ji⁵ saan¹
    • Yale: a yíh sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ ji⁵ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ yi⁵ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ jiː¹³ saːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

阿爾山

1. (～市) Arxan (a county-level city in Hinggan, Inner Mongolia, China)