山水

Chinese

mountain; hill water; river
simp. and trad.
(山水)

Etymology

(Senses 1 and 2) dvandva of (shān, “mountain”) + (shuǐ, “water”)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (21) (26)
Final () (73) (18)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter srean sywijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠɛn/ /ɕˠiuɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚæn/ /ɕʷᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃæn/ /ɕiuɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂəɨn/ /ɕjwiX/
Li
Rong
/ʃɛn/ /ɕjuiX/
Wang
Li
/ʃæn/ /ɕwiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂăn/ /ɕwiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shān shuǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
saan1 seoi2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shān shuǐ
Middle
Chinese
‹ srɛn › ‹ sywijX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-ŋrar/ /*s.turʔ/ (E dialect: *-r > *-j)
English mountain, hill water; river

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11052 11948
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sreːn/ /*qʰʷljilʔ/

Noun

山水

  1. (literally) mountains and water bodies
  2. (figuratively) scenery; landscape; view
  3. water from a mountain
  4. (art, painting) Short for 山水畫山水画 (shānshuǐhuà, “Chinese landscape painting”).

Synonyms

  • (landscape):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (山水):

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
すい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

    Noun

    (さん)(すい) • (sansui) 

    1. landscape; hills and rivers

    References

    1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja in this term

    Noun

    山水 • (sansu) (hangeul 산수)

    1. Hanja form? of 산수.

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term

    Noun

    山水

    1. chữ Hán form of sơn thuỷ (landscape).
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