香山

Chinese

		fragrant incense	mountain(s) hill(s)
trad. (香山)		香	山
simp. ^#(香山)		香	山

Etymology

In the case of the Fragrant Hills of Beijing, after two notable rocks shaped like Chinese incense burners near the top of Incense Burner Peak 香爐峰/香炉峰 (Xiānglú Fēng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiāngshān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ saan¹
Min Nan (POJ): Hiong-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiāngshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siangshan
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiang¹-shan¹
  - Yale: Syāng-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiangshan
  - Palladius: Сяншань (Sjanšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ saan¹
  - Yale: hēung sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiong-san
  - Tâi-lô: Hiong-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongsafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ san³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

香山

Fragrant Hills (near Beijing, China)
香山紅葉／香山红叶 ― xiāngshān hóngyè ― the red autumnal leaves of Fragrant Hills
(～區) Xiangshan (a district of Hsinchu City, Taiwan)
(historical) Xiangshan (a village, town, etc. in Taiwan)
(historical) (～縣) Former name of 中山 (Zhōngshān) (a county in Guangdong, China)

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