白頭山

See also: 白头山

Chinese

		hoary head; white hair; whitehead	mountain; hill
trad. (白頭山)		白頭	山
simp. (白头山)		白头	山

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Báitóushān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Báitóushān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Báitóushan
  - Wade–Giles: Pai²-tʻou²-shan¹
  - Yale: Bái-tóu-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bairtourshan
  - Palladius: Байтоушань (Bajtoušanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

Proper noun

白頭山

Paektu Mountain (mountain on the border between China and North Korea)

Synonyms

長白山／长白山 (Chángbáishān)

Descendants

→ English: Baitou

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白	頭	山
ぺく Grade: 1	とぅ Grade: 2	さん Grade: 1
irregular

From Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan).

Alternative forms

(less common) 白頭山(ペクトサン) (Pekutosan)
(dated) 白頭山(はくとうさん) (hakutōsan)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pe̞kɯ̟tɯ̟sã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

白頭山(ペクトゥサン) • (Pekutusan)

Paektu (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
白	頭	山
ぺく Grade: 1	と Grade: 2	さん Grade: 1
irregular

From Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan), with an irregular vowel suited to Japanese phonology.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pe̞kɯ̟to̞sã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

白頭山(ペクトサン) • (Pekutosan)

(less common) alternative form of 白頭山 (Pekutusan, “Paektu (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China)”)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
白	頭	山
はく Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2	さん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 백두산(白頭山) (baekdusan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟to̞ːsã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

白(はく)頭(とう)山(さん) • (Hakutōsan) ^{←はくとうさん (Fakutousan)^?}

(less common) alternative form of 白頭山 (Pekutusan, “Paektu (a mountain on the border between North Korea and China)”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	頭	山

Proper noun

白頭山 • (Paektusan) (hangeul 백두산)

hanja form^? of 백두산 (“Paektu Mountain (on the China-North Korea border)”)