獅子山
Chinese
lion; bodhisattva | mountain; hill | ||
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trad. (獅子山) | 獅子 | 山 | |
simp. (狮子山) | 狮子 | 山 | |
Literally: “lion(-like) mountain”. |
Etymology
- Sierra Leone
- Calque of Spanish Sierra Leona.
Pronunciation
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獅子山 (in Hong Kong).
Proper noun
獅子山
- Lion Rock (a mountain in Hong Kong)
- 我哋大家在獅子山下相遇上 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 1979, 羅文 (Roman Tam), 《獅子山下》 (Below the Lion Rock)
- ngo5 dei6 daai6 gaa1 zoi6 si1 zi2 saan1 haa6 soeng1 jyu6 soeng5 [Jyutping]
- We all meet each other below the Lion Rock
我哋大家在狮子山下相遇上 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
- Lionrock (name of two tropical cyclones)
- (~共和國) (chiefly Taiwan) Sierra Leone (a country in Africa)
- (~區) (historical) Shizishan (a former district of Tongling, Anhui, China, now part of Tongguan District)
- (~街道) Shizishan (a subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
- (~街道) Shizishan (a subdistrict of Jinjiang district, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
- (~街道) Shizishan (a subdistrict of Yanjiang district, Ziyang, Sichuan, China)
Synonyms
- (Sierra Leone): (Mainland China) 塞拉利昂 (Sàilālì'áng)