唐山

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


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[1] and the use of (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
  2. (Taiwan, dated) mainland China
    唐山台灣心肝 [Hokkien, trad.]
    唐山台湾心肝 [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)
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Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

唐山

  1. Tang Mountain, Dacheng Mountain (a hill in the central part of the city of Tangshan, Hebei, China)
  2. () Tangshan (a prefecture-level city in northeastern Hebei, China)
Descendants
  • English: Tangshan, T'ang-shan

References

  1. (Min Nan) Entry #5827”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
さん > ざん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Proper noun

(とう)(ざん) (Tōzan) 

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Noun

唐山

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