常山

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	mountain; hill
simp. and trad. (常山)		常	山

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Chángshān

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ saan¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Chángshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Chángshan
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻang²-shan¹
  - Yale: Cháng-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Charngshan
  - Palladius: Чаншань (Čanšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁴ saan¹
  - Yale: sèuhng sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-san
  - Tâi-lô: siông-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongsafn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² san³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔŋ¹³⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

常山

(～郡) (historical) Changshan Commandery (near present-day Shijiazhuang)
(～縣) Changshan (a county of Quzhou, Zhejiang, China)
(avoiding naming taboo) Alternative term for 恆山／恒山 (Héng Shān, “Mount Heng”).

Noun

常山

(traditional Chinese medicine) Dichroa febrifuga

Japanese

Kanji in this term
常	山
じょう Grade: 5	さん > ざん Grade: 1
goon	kan'on

Noun

常(じょう)山(ざん) or 常山(ジョウザン) • (jōzan) ^{←じゃうざん (zyauzan)^?}

(traditional Chinese medicine) Dichroa febrifuga, roots used for medicine.

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).