銀山

See also: 银山

Chinese

		silver; money	mountain; hill
trad. (銀山)		銀	山
simp. (银山)		银	山

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yínshān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínshan
  - Wade–Giles: yin²-shan¹
  - Yale: yín-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynshan
  - Palladius: иньшань (inʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngan⁴ saan¹
  - Yale: ngàhn sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹ saːn⁵⁵/

Noun

銀山

silver mountain; silver mine
(archaic, figurative) torrential waves

Japanese

Kanji in this term
銀	山
ぎん Grade: 3	さん > ざん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 銀 (gin, “silver”) +‎ 山 (san, “mine”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? Particularly: “source for compound of sino-japanese morphemes instead of direct loan?”)

The san changes to zan as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Noun

銀(ぎん)山(ざん) • (ginzan)

silver mine

Synonyms

銀鉱(ぎんこう) (ginkō)