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唐山
唐山
Chinese
Tang dynasty (618-907) | mountain; hill | ||
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simp. and trad. (唐山) |
唐 | 山 |
Proper noun
唐山
- (overseas, dated) China
- (Taiwan, dated) mainland China
- 唐山過台灣,無半點錢,煞猛打拚耕山耕田。 [Hakka, trad.]
- 唐山过台湾,无半点钱,煞猛打拚耕山耕田。 [Hakka, simp.]
- From: 客家本色
- Thòng-sân ko Thòi-vàn, mò pan tiám chhièn, sat-mâng tá-piang kâng-sân-kâng-thièn. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
- [From] mainland China [they] went over to Taiwan, without any money, diligently cultivating the hill lands and tilling the fields.
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Etymology 2
From 唐 (táng, “Tang Dynasty”) + 山 (shān, “mountain”). The Tang Mountain was named after the Tang Dynasty, and Tangshan City was named after the Tang Mountain in the city.
Proper noun
唐山
- Tang Mountain (now called Dacheng Mountain)
- Tangshan (city in China)
See also
- 大陸/大陆 (dàlù)
- Names of China
References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #5827”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.