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Etymology 1

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safe; peaceful; most
safe; peaceful; most; Thai(land); grand
 
mountain; hill
trad. (泰山)
simp. #(泰山)
alternative forms 太山

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (6) (21)
Final () (25) (73)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I II
Fanqie
Baxter thajH srean
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰɑiH/ /ʃˠɛn/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰɑiH/ /ʃᵚæn/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɑiH/ /ʃæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰajH/ /ʂəɨn/
Li
Rong
/tʰɑiH/ /ʃɛn/
Wang
Li
/tʰɑiH/ /ʃæn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰɑiH/ /ʂăn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tài shān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taai3 saan1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tài shān
Middle
Chinese
‹ thajH › ‹ srɛn ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁa[t]-s/ /*s-ŋrar/
English great mountain, hill

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12313 11052
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːds/ /*sreːn/

Proper noun

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泰山

  1. Mount Tai (a mountain in Shandong, China)
  2. () Taishan (a district of Tai'an, Shandong, China)
  3. () Taishan (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: Tai Shan

Noun

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泰山

  1. (figurative) something of great weight or importance
    安全責任泰山 [MSC, trad.]
    安全责任泰山 [MSC, simp.]
    Ānquán zérèn zhòng yú Tàishān. [Pinyin]
    Responsibility in safety is the most important.
    (literally, “responsibility is heavier than the Mount Tai”)
  2. (figurative) father-in-law
Synonyms
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Adjective

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泰山

  1. (Shanghainese) calm; at ease; relaxed

Etymology 2

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safe; peaceful; most
safe; peaceful; most; Thai(land); grand
 
mountain; hill
trad. (泰山)
simp. #(泰山)

Phono-semantic matching of English Tarzan.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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泰山

  1. Tarzan (fictional character in the novel Tarzan of the Apes)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: S
ざん
Grade: 1
on'yomi
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(たい)(ざん) (Taizan

  1. Mount Tai

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Proper noun

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泰山 (taesan) (hangeul 태산)

  1. hanja form? of 태산 (Mount Tai)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

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泰山

  1. chữ Hán form of Thái Sơn (Mount Tai)