臺山

Chinese

		(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station	mountain; hill
trad. (臺山/台山)		臺/台	山
simp. (台山)		台	山

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Táishān
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): toi⁴ saan¹
(Taishan, Wiktionary): hoi³ san¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thòi-sân
Min Nan (POJ): Tâi-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Táishān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄕㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tairshan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Táishan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: toi⁴ saan¹
  - Yale: tòih sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːy̯²¹ säːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hoi³ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔi²² san³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thòi-sân
  - Hakka Romanization System: toiˇ san´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: toi² san¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯¹¹ san²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-san
  - Tâi-lô: Tâi-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daisafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ²⁴⁻²² san³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ¹³⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

臺山

(～市, formerly ～縣) Taishan, Toisan, Toishan, Hoisan (a county-level city and former county of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China)
- 沒過幾天，又隨韓總、余總去臺山聯繫進場問題，臺山是個僑鄉、縣級市，有不少好的建築，市面不算繁華但還算興旺。 [MSC, trad.]
  没过几天，又随韩总、余总去台山联系进场问题，台山是个侨乡、县级市，有不少好的建筑，市面不算繁华但还算兴旺。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2009, 顧鴻燾, 《風雨七十載——顧鴻燾回憶錄》, page 150
  Méi guò jǐ tiān, yòu suí Hán zǒng, Yú zǒng qù Táishān liánjì jìnchǎng wèntí, Táishān shì ge qiáoxiāng, xiànjíshì, yǒu bùshǎo hǎo de jiànzhù, shìmiàn bùsuàn fánhuá dàn hái suàn xīngwàng. [Pinyin]
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- 他的父親朱士駒，籍貫廣東臺山，隨軍親歷了中國收復臺灣的歷史。 [MSC, trad.]
  他的父亲朱士驹，籍贯广东台山，随军亲历了中国收复台湾的历史。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2014, 高關中, 《寫在旅居歐洲時——三十位歐華作家的生命歷程》, page 44
  Tā de fùqīn Zhū Shìjū, jíguàn Guǎngdōng Táishān, suí jūn qīnlì le Zhōngguó shōufù Táiwān de lìshǐ. [Pinyin]
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- 位於今臺山市西南方的海域，是廣東省沿海最大的島嶼。 [MSC, trad.]
  位于今台山市西南方的海域，是广东省沿海最大的岛屿。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2014, 黃一農, 《兩頭蛇——明末清初的第一代天主教徒》, page 11
  Wèiyú jīn Táishān Shì xīnán fāng de hǎiyù, shì Guǎngdōng Shěng yánhǎi zuì dà de dǎoyǔ. [Pinyin]
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(～列島) Taishan (an archipelago in Shacheng, Fuding, Ningde, Fujian, China)
(～村) Taishan (a village in Shacheng, Fuding, Ningde, Fujian, China)
Toi San (an area in Macau)

Derived terms

臺山話／台山话 (Táishānhuà)