天山

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (天山)		天	山
Literally: “Mountains of Heaven”.

Etymology

From Uyghur ⁧تەڭرىتاغ⁩ (tengritagh, literally “Mountains of God (Tengri)”) (Tengri Tagh).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tiānshān

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ saan¹
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): Thian-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tiānshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tianshan
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻien¹-shan¹
  - Yale: Tyān-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tianshan
  - Palladius: Тяньшань (Tjanʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ saan¹
  - Yale: tīn sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-san
  - Tâi-lô: Thian-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiensafn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

天山

Tian Shan (a mountain range in China and Central Asia)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	山
てん Grade: 1	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Proper noun

天(てん)山(ざん) • (Tenzan)

Tian Shan

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	山

Proper noun

天山 • (Cheonsan) (hangeul 천산)

Hanja form^? of 천산 (“Tian Shan”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
天	山

Proper noun

天山

chữ Hán form of Thiên Sơn (“Tian Shan”).

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