唐山

Chinese

		Tang dynasty, epithet of China	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (唐山)		唐	山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tángshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tong⁴ saan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hong³ san¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): Thòng-sân

  (Hailu, HRS): tong san^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tong² san¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tn̂g-soaⁿ / Thâng-soaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): deng⁵ suan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tángshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tángshan
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻang²-shan¹
    • Yale: Táng-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tarngshan
    • Palladius: Таншань (Tanšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: tòhng sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hong³ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ²² san³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thòng-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: tong^ˇ san^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tong² san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoŋ¹¹ san²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tong san^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoŋ⁵⁵ san⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tong² san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰɔŋ¹¹ san⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tn̂g-soaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Tn̂g-suann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngsvoaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² suã³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ suã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍¹³⁻²² suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍²³⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thâng-soaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Thâng-suann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tangsvoaf
    • IPA (Longyan): /tʰaŋ¹¹ suã³³⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: deng⁵ suan¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳ̂ng suaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sũã³³/

Etymology 1

Arising from the position of coastal Guangdong and Fujian (both primary origin points for overseas Chinese migrants, the latter also being an origin point for many "early" Han Chinese settlers in Taiwan before the Chinese Civil War and Nationalist flight) between the sea and inland mountains and the use of 唐 (táng, “Tang”) to refer to China in general due to its perception as a "golden age" in Chinese history.

Proper noun

唐山

1. (overseas, dated) China

   《唐山大兄》 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   “tong⁴ saan¹ daai⁶ hing¹” [Jyutping]

   Chinese Elder Brother (The Big Boss, 1971 film featuring Bruce Lee)

   • 1888, T. L. Stedman, K. P. Lee, A Chinese and English Phrase Book in the Canton Dialect, New York: William R. Jenkins Co., page 73:

     多煩你嚹。因為我想早日翻唐山。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     多烦你嚹。因为我想早日翻唐山。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: possibly based on the Zhongshan variety of Yue

     do¹ faan⁴ nei⁵ laa³. jan¹ wai⁶ ngo⁵ soeng² zou² jat⁶ faan¹ tong⁴ saan¹. [Jyutping]

     Please do, for I have to go back to China soon.

2. (Taiwan, Philippine Hokkien, dated) mainland China

   Synonyms: 中國大陸／中国大陆 (Zhōngguó dàlù), 中國內地／中国内地 (Zhōngguó nèidì)

   Synonym: 長山／长山 (Hakka)

   唐山過台灣，心肝結規丸 [Hokkien, trad.]
   唐山过台湾，心肝结规丸 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Tn̂g-soaⁿ kòe Tâi-oân, sim-koaⁿ kiat kui oân [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   As people went from mainland China over to Taiwan, their hearts became weighed down. (an idiom about the Chinese migration toward Taiwan in Qing Dynasty)

   • 唐山過台灣，無半點錢，煞猛打拚耕山耕田。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     唐山过台湾，无半点钱，煞猛打拚耕山耕田。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     From: 涂敏恆 (Tu Min-Heng), 《客家本色》 ("Natural Color of Hakka")

     Thòng-sân ko Thòi-vàn, mò pan tiám chhièn, sat-mâng tá-piang kâng-sân-kâng-thièn. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     [From] mainland China [they] went over to Taiwan, without any money, diligently cultivating the hill lands and tilling the fields.

Derived terms

• 唐山人 (tángshānrén)
• 有唐山公，無唐山媽／有唐山公，无唐山妈
• 番爿錢，唐山福／番爿钱，唐山福
• 過唐山／过唐山

 

Related terms

• Hokkien: 阿山 (a-soaⁿ), 阿山仔 (a-soaⁿ-á)

See also

• 大陸／大陆 (dàlù)
• Names of China

Etymology 2

Named after the Tang Mountain in the city; the Tang Mountain was named after the Tang Dynasty

Proper noun

唐山

1. (～市) Tangshan (a prefecture-level city in northeastern Hebei, China)

   唐山大地震 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tángshān dàdìzhèn [Pinyin]

   Great Tangshan earthquake (1976 Tangshan earthquake)

2. Tang Mountain, Dacheng Mountain (a hill in the central part of the city of Tangshan, Hebei, China)

Descendants

• → English: Tangshan, T'ang-shan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唐	山
とう Grade: S	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Proper noun

唐(とう)山(ざん) • (Tōzan) 

1. Tangshan (a prefecture-level city in northeastern Hebei, China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
唐	山

Noun

唐山

1. chữ Hán form of Đường Sơn (“Tangshan”).