泰山

Chinese

Etymology 1

	safe; peaceful; most safe; peaceful; most; Thai(land); grand	mountain; hill
trad. (泰山)	泰	山
simp. ^#(泰山)	泰	山
alternative forms	太山

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tàishān
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ saan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sân
Min Nan (POJ): Thài-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tàishān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tàishan
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-shan¹
  - Yale: Tài-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayshan
  - Palladius: Тайшань (Tajšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ saan¹
  - Yale: taai sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sân
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai san´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ san¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ san²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-san
  - Tâi-lô: Thài-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taesafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ san³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ san⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /tʰɑi^H ʃˠɛn/

Rime
Character	泰	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	他蓋切	所閒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑi^H/	/ʃˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑi^H/	/ʃᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑi^H/	/ʃæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaj^H/	/ʂəɨn/
Li Rong	/tʰɑi^H/	/ʃɛn/
Wang Li	/tʰɑi^H/	/ʃæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑi^H/	/ʂăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tài	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taai³	saan¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s s-ŋrar/
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds sreːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	泰	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tài	shān
Middle Chinese	‹ thaj^H ›	‹ srɛn ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/	/*s-ŋrar/
English	great	mountain, hill
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泰	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12313	11052
Phonetic component	泰	山
Rime group	祭	元
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	泰	山
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*sreːn/

Proper noun

泰山

Mount Tai (a mountain in Shandong, China)
(～區) Taishan (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 泰山

安如泰山 (ānrútàishān)
安若泰山
捧土加泰山
死重泰山
泰山之安
泰山刻石
泰山可倚
泰山娘娘
泰山磐石
登泰山而小天下 (dēng Tàishān ér xiǎo tiānxià)
泰山北斗 (tàishānběidǒu)
泰山梁木
一葉蔽目，不見泰山／一叶蔽目，不见泰山 (yī yè bì mù, bù jiàn Tàishān)
一葉障目，不見泰山／一叶障目，不见泰山 (yī yè zhàng mù, bù jiàn Tàishān)
不識泰山／不识泰山

人心齊，泰山移／人心齐，泰山移 (rénxīn qí, Tàishān yí)
安於泰山／安于泰山
挾泰山以超北海／挟泰山以超北海 (xié tàishān yǐ chāo běihǎi)
挾泰山超北海／挟泰山超北海
有眼不識泰山／有眼不识泰山 (yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān)
死有重於泰山，輕於鴻毛／死有重于泰山，轻于鸿毛 (sǐ yǒu zhòng yú Tàishān, qīng yú hóngmáo)
泰山其頹／泰山其颓
泰山壓卵／泰山压卵
泰山壓頂／泰山压顶
泰山若厲／泰山若厉
泰山鴻毛／泰山鸿毛
穩如泰山／稳如泰山 (wěnrútàishān)
螞蟻搬泰山／蚂蚁搬泰山
重於泰山／重于泰山 (zhòng yú Tàishān)
鴻毛泰山／鸿毛泰山

Descendants

→ English: Tai Shan

Noun

泰山

(figurative) something of great weight or importance
(figurative) father-in-law

Etymology 2

		safe; peaceful; most safe; peaceful; most; Thai(land); grand	mountain; hill
trad. (泰山)		泰	山
simp. ^#(泰山)		泰	山

Phono-semantic matching of English Tarzan.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tàishān
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ saan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sân
Min Nan (POJ): Thài-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tàishān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tàishan
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-shan¹
  - Yale: Tài-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayshan
  - Palladius: Тайшань (Tajšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ saan¹
  - Yale: taai sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sân
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai san´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ san¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ san²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-san
  - Tâi-lô: Thài-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taesafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ san³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

泰山

Tarzan (fictional character in the novel Tarzan of the Apes)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
泰	山
たい Grade: S	ざん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [ta̠izã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

泰(たい)山(ざん) • (Taizan)

Mount Tai

Korean

Hanja in this term
泰	山

Proper noun

泰山 • (Taesan) (hangeul 태산)

Hanja form^? of 태산 (“Mount Tai”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
泰	山

Proper noun

泰山

chữ Hán form of Thái Sơn (“Mount Tai”).