陰山

陰山

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	mountain; hill
trad. (陰山)		陰	山
simp. (阴山)		阴	山
anagram		山陰／山阴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yīnshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yīnshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yinshan
    • Wade–Giles: Yin¹-shan¹
    • Yale: Yīn-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Inshan
    • Palladius: Иньшань (Inʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ saan¹
    • Yale: yām sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiɪm  ʃˠɛn/

Rime
Character	陰	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	於金切	所閒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiɪm/	/ʃˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚim/	/ʃᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiem/	/ʃæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjim/	/ʂəɨn/
Li Rong	/ʔjəm/	/ʃɛn/
Wang Li	/ĭĕm/	/ʃæn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯əm/	/ʂăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam1	saan1

Proper noun

陰山

1. Yin Mountains in northern China, southeast of the Gobi Desert

   • 但使龍城飛將在，不教胡馬度陰山。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     但使龙城飞将在，不教胡马度阴山。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Wang Changling, 出塞二首·其一 (Over the Border)

     Dàn shǐ Lóngchéng fēijiàng zài, bù jiào húmǎ dù Yīnshān. [Pinyin]

     Oh, for the Winged General at the Dragon City—
     That never a Tartar horseman might cross the Yin Mountains!

Synonyms

• 大青山 (Dàqīngshān)

Hyponyms

• 狼山 (Lángshān)