北山

Chinese

		north	mountain; hill
trad. (北山)		北	山
simp. ^#(北山)		北	山

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běishān
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Běishān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Běishan
  - Wade–Giles: Pei³-shan¹
  - Yale: Běi-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeishan
  - Palladius: Бэйшань (Bɛjšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ saan¹
  - Yale: bāk sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

北山

(～王國) Hokuzan (a former kingdom on Okinawa, Japan)
(～文化) Bắc Sơn culture (in Vietnam)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Chuanying district, Jilin, Jilin, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Yanji, Yanbian, Jilin, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Xiangyang district, Hegang, Heilongjiang, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Lingdong district, Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Xinxing district, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Aimin district, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Xihu district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Macun district, Jiaozuo, Henan, China)
(～鎮) Beishan (a town in Qingtian, Lishui, Zhejiang, China)
(～鎮) Beishan (a town in Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, China)
(～鎮) Beishan (a town in Longhui, Shaoyang, Hunan, China)
(～鎮) Beishan (a town in Yizhou district, Hechi, Guizhou, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Suibin, Hegang, Heilongjiang, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Duchang, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Dazhou district, Dazhou, Sichuan, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Xide, Liangshan, Sichuan, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Minhe, Haidong, Qinghai, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Menyuan, Haibei, Qinghai, China)
(～村) Kitayama (a village in Higashimuro district, Wakayama Prefecture, Kansai, Japan)
(～村) Beishan (a village in Bo'ao, Qionghai, Hainan, China)
(～村) (historical) Beishan (a village in Lingshanwei, Huangdao district, Qingdao, Shandong, China)
(～村) Beishan (a village in Guoxing, Nantou, Taiwan)
alternate name for Purple Mountain (a mountain in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)
alternate name for Bagong Mountain (a mountain in Bagongshan district, Huainan, Anhui, China)

Derived terms

beishanensis, Peishansaurus

Descendants

→ English: Beishan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
北	山
きた Grade: 2	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

北(きた)山(やま) • (Kitayama)

a surname