Nanshan

See also: Nánshān

English

Alternative forms

• Nan-shan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin Chinese 南山 ("South Mountain"; "any southern mountain, hill, range, or island").

Pronunciation

• enPR: nänʹshänʹ

Proper noun

Nanshan

1. Various towns, districts, and subdistricts of China.
   1. A district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, across Deep Bay from Hong Kong
      • 2003 June 13, Ivy Zhang, “Was the Right Person Elected?”, in Beijing Today‎^[1], number 108, →OCLC, page 8, column 1:

        In the election on May 9, Chen Huibin won, but the other candidate, Wu Haining, cried foul. As Chen was preparing for a five-year term as the local delegate, starting with the fourth Nanshan District People’s Congress held on May 27, Wu claimed the election was fraudulent and reported it to the Shenzhen and Nanshan District People’s Congress Standing Committee.

      • 2012, Behzad Yaghmaian, The Accidental Capitalist: A People's Story of the New China‎^[2], Pluto Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 160:

        Shenzhen’s Nanshan District is scattered with state-of-the-art high-rises, impressive corporate headquarters, government buildings, five-star hotels, and fancy shopping malls.

      • 2016 July 26, Tris Pan, Lindsy Long, Sharon Shi, Clare Baldwin, “Two Hong Kong magazine executives jailed in China - lawyer”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 07 May 2022, World News:

        On Tuesday, the Shenzhen Nanshan District Court sentenced Wang Jianmin, 63, to five years and three months in jail and Guo Zhongxiao, 41, to two years and three months, Wang’s lawyer, Chen Nansha, said.[...]
        The Shenzhen Nanshan District Court, district government and foreign affairs office did not immediately respond to a request comment. The Hong Kong police said arrests in mainland China were outside of their jurisdiction.

      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Nanshan.
2. An island in the Spratly archipelago of the Philippines.
   • 2024 January 16, Sebastian Strangio, “Philippines to Upgrade South China Sea Outposts, Military Chief Says”, in The Diplomat‎^[4], archived from the original on January 16, 2024, ASEAN Beat‎^[5]:

     Brawner said that the government hoped to install desalination machines and communications equipment on Thitu Island and Nanshan Island. Thitu, known to Manila as Pag-asa, is the largest Philippine-occupied feature in the South China Sea, boasting an airstrip and landing dock, and supporting a population of around 200. A handful of Philippine soldiers and their families are stationed on Nanshan or Lawak Island. All nine Philippine-occupied outposts exist in a precarious umbilical relationship to the Philippine mainland, reliant on regular navy supply missions and acutely vulnerable to blockade by Chinese vessels.

   • 2024 January 16, “Philippines plans to upgrade outposts in South China Sea”, in Taipei Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 January 2024, Front Page, page 1‎^[7]:

     The Philippine Congress has earmarked 800 million pesos (US$14.3 million) for the transportation department to build a port facility on Nanshan Island (馬歡島) where boats, including those for fishing, could seek shelter.

3. A dormant volcano in northeastern China's Keluo volcanic field.
4. (uncommon) An alternative term for the Qilian Mountains between Gansu and Qinghai in western China, from their position south of the Hexi Corridor.

Related terms

• Nanzan, for Japanese placenames derived from the same characters
• Namsan, for Korean placenames derived from the same characters

Translations

locations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南山 (zh) (Nánshān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Hannans