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唐山

唐山

Chinese

Tang dynasty (618-907) mountain; hill
simp. and trad.
(唐山)

Proper noun

唐山

  1. (overseas, dated) China
  2. (Taiwan, dated) mainland China
    唐山台灣,煞猛打拚耕山耕田。 [Hakka, trad.]
    唐山台湾,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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Derived terms
  • 過唐山过唐山
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Etymology 2

From (táng, “Tang Dynasty”) + (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

  1. Tang Mountain (now called Dacheng Mountain)
  2. Tangshan (city in China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
さん > ざん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Proper noun

唐山 (hiragana とうざん, romaji Tōzan)

  1. Tangshan (city in China)