陰山

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	mountain; hill
trad. (陰山)		陰	山
simp. (阴山)		阴	山
anagram		山陰／山阴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yīnshān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yīnshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yinshan
  - Wade–Giles: Yin¹-shan¹
  - Yale: Yīn-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Inshan
  - Palladius: Иньшань (Inʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ saan¹
  - Yale: yām sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'im srean

Rime
Character	陰	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	於金切	所閒切
Baxter	'im	srean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiɪm/	/ʃˠɛn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚim/	/ʃᵚæn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiem/	/ʃæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjim/	/ʂəɨn/
Li Rong	/ʔjəm/	/ʃɛn/
Wang Li	/ĭĕm/	/ʃæn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯əm/	/ʂăn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam¹	saan¹

Proper noun

陰山

Yin Mountains in northern China, southeast of the Gobi Desert
- 8th century, Wang Changling, 出塞二首·其一 [Over the Border]:
  
  但使龍城飛將在，不教胡馬度陰山。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  但使龙城飞将在，不教胡马度阴山。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Dàn shǐ Lóngchéng fēijiàng zài, bù jiào húmǎ dù Yīnshān. [Pinyin]
  Oh, for the Winged General at the Dragon City—
  That never a Tartar horseman might cross the Yin Mountains!

Synonyms

大青山 (Dàqīngshān)

Hyponyms

狼山 (Lángshān)