山腰

山腰

Chinese

		mountain; hill	waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle
simp. and trad. (山腰)		山	腰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ jiu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): soaⁿ-io

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shānyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄧㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaniau
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ jiu¹
    • Yale: sāan yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ yiu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /säːn⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-io
    • Tâi-lô: suann-io
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'ioy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² io⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ io³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² io⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ io⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ iɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

山腰

1. hillside; mountainside; midway up a mountain

Synonyms

• 山腹 (shānfù)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	腰
やま Grade: 1	こし Grade: S

Proper noun

山腰 (hiragana やまこし, rōmaji Yamakoshi)

1. A surname​.