山茶

山茶

Chinese

		mountain; hill	tea; tea plant
trad. (山茶)		山	茶
simp. #(山茶)		山	茶
anagram		茶山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānchá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ caa⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): soaⁿ-tê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānchá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanchá
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-chʻa²
    • Yale: shān-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanchar
    • Palladius: шаньча (šanʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānchár
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄔㄚˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanchár
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-chʻarh²
    • Yale: shān-chár
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shancharl
    • Palladius: шаньчар (šanʹčar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ caa⁴
    • Yale: sāan chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-tê
    • Tâi-lô: suann-tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svoa'dee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² te²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² te¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ te²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ te²³/

Noun

山茶

1. camellia

Synonyms

• 茶花 (cháhuā)
• 山茶花 (shāncháhuā)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
山	茶
さん Grade: 1	ちゃ Grade: 2
on’yomi	kan’yōon

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) さんちゃ [sàńchá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

山(さん)茶(ちゃ) • (sancha) 

1. a tea plant growing in the mountains
2. Camellia japonica, a species of camellia

Derived terms

• 山(サ)茶(ザン)花(カ) (sazanka, “Camellia sasanqua”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
山	茶
つばき
Grade: 1	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) つ​ばき [tsúꜜbàkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝba̠kʲi]

Noun

山茶(つばき) • (tsubaki) 

1. Alternative spelling of 椿 (tsubaki): Camellia japonica, a species of camellia

Proper noun

山茶(つばき) • (Tsubaki) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
山	茶
やま Grade: 1	ちゃ Grade: 2

山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 茶(ちゃ) (cha, “tea”)[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

山(ヤマ)茶(チャ) • (yamacha) 

1. wild-growing tea plants (Camellia sinensis)
   • 1979, Murai Yasuhiko, Cha no bunka shi [Cultural history of tea], page 2:

     そこでこれを茶(ちゃ)園(えん)での栽(さい)培(ばい)茶(ちゃ)に対(たい)して「山(やま)茶(ちゃ)」(ヤマチャとかな書(か)きすることが多(おお)い)と呼(よ)んでいる

     Soko de kore o chaen de no saibai cha ni taishite “yamacha” (yamacha toka na kaki suru koto ga ōi) to yonde-iru

     To contrast this with cultivated tea it is called ‘yama-cha’ (often written in katakana or the like)

   • 1992, Nakamura Yōichirō, Cha no minzoku gaku [The folklore of tea], page 50:

     三(さん)食(しょく)とも茶(ちゃ)粥(がゆ)という徹(てっ)底(てい)した地(ちい)域(き)が見(み)られるが、 こうした茶(ちゃ)粥(がゆ)地(ち)帯(たい)は、 ヤマチャが自(じ)生(せい)する範(はん)囲(い)に納(おさ)まる。

     Sanshoku to mo chagayu to iu tettei shita chīki ga mirareru ga, kō shita chagayu chitai wa, yamacha ga jisei suru han'i ni osamaru.

     An area can be seen where tea porridge is eaten three times a day, but this tea-porridge region coincides with an area where tea grows wild.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. “やまちゃ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN