香山

Chinese

		fragrant incense	mountain(s) hill(s)
trad. (香山)		香	山
simp. ^#(香山)		香	山

Etymology

In the case of the Fragrant Hills of Beijing, after two notable rocks shaped like Chinese incense burners near the top of 香爐峰／香炉峰 (Xiānglú Fēng, “Incense Burner Peak”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xiāngshān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ saan¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hiong-san

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xiāngshān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Siangshan
  - Wade–Giles: Hsiang¹-shan¹
  - Yale: Syāng-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiangshan
  - Palladius: Сяншань (Sjanšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng¹ saan¹
  - Yale: hēung sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiong-san
  - Tâi-lô: Hiong-san
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiongsafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ³³ san³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

香山

Fragrant Hills (near Beijing, China)
香山紅葉／香山红叶 ― xiāngshān hóngyè ― the red autumnal leaves of Fragrant Hills
(～區) Xiangshan (a district of Hsinchu City, Taiwan)
(historical) Xiangshan (a village, town, etc. in Taiwan)
(historical) (～縣) Former name of 中山 (Zhōngshān) (a county in Guangdong, China)

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