泰山

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàishān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ saan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thài-san
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tha-se₁ / ¹tha₅-se₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàishān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàishan
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-shan¹
    • Yale: Tài-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayshan
    • Palladius: Тайшань (Tajšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ saan¹
    • Yale: taai sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai san^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ san²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-san
    • Tâi-lô: Thài-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taesafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ san⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tha-se₁
    • MiniDict: tha^去 se^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tha-se₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ se⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹tha₅-se₁
    • MiniDict: tha^去 se^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰɑ⁴⁴ se/

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• Middle Chinese: thajH srean

Rime
Character	泰	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	他蓋切	所閒切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa[t]-s  s-ŋrar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːds  sreːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	泰	山
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	泰	山
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12313	11052
Phonetic component	泰	山
Rime group	祭	元
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	泰	山
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːds/	/*sreːn/

Proper noun

泰山

1. Mount Tai (a mountain in Shandong, China)
2. (～區) Taishan (a district of Tai'an, Shandong, China)
3. (～區) Taishan (a district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)

Derived terms

• 一葉蔽目，不見泰山 / 一叶蔽目，不见泰山 (yī yè bì mù, bù jiàn Tàishān)
• 一葉障目，不見泰山 / 一叶障目，不见泰山 (yī yè zhàng mù, bù jiàn Tàishān)
• 不識泰山 / 不识泰山
• 人心齊，泰山移 / 人心齐，泰山移 (rénxīn qí, Tàishān yí)
• 安如泰山 (ānrútàishān)
• 安於泰山 / 安于泰山
• 安若泰山
• 挾泰山以超北海 / 挟泰山以超北海 (xié Tàishān yǐ chāo Běihǎi)
• 挾泰山超北海 / 挟泰山超北海
• 捧土加泰山
• 有眼不識泰山 / 有眼不识泰山 (yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān)
• 死有重於泰山，輕於鴻毛 / 死有重于泰山，轻于鸿毛 (sǐ yǒu zhòng yú Tàishān, qīng yú hóngmáo)
• 死重泰山
• 泰山之安
• 泰山其頹 / 泰山其颓
• 泰山刻石
• 泰山北斗 (tàishānběidǒu)
• 泰山可倚
• 泰山壓卵 / 泰山压卵
• 泰山壓頂 / 泰山压顶
• 泰山娘娘
• 泰山梁木
• 泰山磐石
• 泰山若厲 / 泰山若厉
• 泰山鴻毛 / 泰山鸿毛
• 登泰山而小天下 (dēng Tàishān ér xiǎo tiānxià)
• 穩如泰山 / 稳如泰山 (wěnrútàishān)
• 螞蟻搬泰山 / 蚂蚁搬泰山
• 重於泰山 / 重于泰山 (zhòng yú Tàishān)
• 鴻毛泰山 / 鸿毛泰山

Descendants

• → English: Tai Shan

Noun

泰山

1. (figurative) something of great weight or importance

   安全責任重於泰山。 [MSC, trad.]
   安全责任重于泰山。 [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

Dialectal synonyms of 岳父 (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		岳父, 岳丈
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老丈人, 丈人
	Taiwan	岳父
	Ulanhot	老丈人
	Tongliao	老丈人
	Chifeng	老丈人
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	老丈人
	Harbin	老丈人
	Singapore	岳父
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	丈人, 老丈人, 岳父
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	丈爺, 丈人
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	丈人
	Wanrong	丈人
	Zhengzhou	老丈人, 丈人
	Xi'an	丈人爸, 丈人
	Xining	丈人
	Xuzhou	老丈人, 老丈母爹, 丈母爹, 老岳頭兒, 老岳
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	丈人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	外父
	Bayanhot	外父
	Lanzhou	丈人爸
	Ürümqi	外父, 老丈人
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	老丈人, 岳父
	Wuhan	親爺, 老親爺, 丈人
	Guiyang	老丈人, 親爺
	Kunming	老丈人
	Liuzhou	丈人老, 岳父老
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	丈人, 老丈人
	Yangzhou	丈人
	Nantong	丈人
	Hefei	老丈人, 丈人
	Huanggang	妻爺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外父, 丈人佬, 老外, 岳父, 岳丈
	Hong Kong	外父, 岳父
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	外父, 岳父, 主人公
	Foshan	外父
	Foshan (Shunde)	外父
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	外父佬
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	外父
	Taishan	外父
	Kaiping (Chikan)	外父
	Dongguan	丈人佬
	Shaoguan	外父, 外父佬
	Yunfu	外父佬
	Yangjiang	外老
	Xinyi	外父佬
	Lianjiang	外父佬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	岳父, 外父
	Singapore (Guangfu)	岳父
	Yangon (Taishan)	老外, 外父
	Mandalay (Taishan)	外父
Gan	Nanchang	丈人, 丈人老子
	Lichuan	丈兒公
	Pingxiang	丈姨爺
Hakka	Meixian	丈人老, 岳父
	Xingning	丈老
	Huidong (Daling)	丈人老
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	丈人老
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	丈人老
	Changting	丈門老
	Wuping	丈人老
	Wuping (Pingyu)	丈人老
	Liancheng	丈母爺
	Ninghua	丈人
	Yudu	丈人, 丈人老
	Ruijin	丈人, 丈人爹
	Shicheng	丈人爹
	Shangyou (Shexi)	丈人老
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	丈人老, 岳父
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	丈人老, 岳父
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	丈人老, 岳父
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	丈人老, 岳父
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	丈人老, 岳父
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	丈㜷老
	Hong Kong	丈人老
	Sabah (Longchuan)	丈人老
	Senai (Huiyang)	丈人老
	Singkawang	丈人老
Huizhou	Jixi	丈人, 丈人老
Jin	Taiyuan	老丈人, 丈人
	Xinzhou	丈人, 老丈人, 外父
	Taibus (Baochang)	老丈人
	Linhe	外父
	Jining	外父
	Hohhot	外父
	Baotou	外父
	Dongsheng	外父
	Haibowan	外父
Northern Min	Jian'ou	丈人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	丈儂
	Fuzhou (Changle)	丈儂
	Fuqing	丈儂
	Yongtai	丈儂
	Gutian	丈儂
	Fu'an	丈儂
	Ningde	丈儂
	Shouning	丈儂
	Zhouning	丈儂
	Fuding	丈面老
Southern Min	Xiamen	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Quanzhou	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Jinjiang	丈儂
	Zhangzhou	丈儂, 丈儂公
	Taipei	丈儂
	Kaohsiung	丈儂
	Yilan	丈儂, 丈儂仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	丈儂
	Taichung	丈儂
	Taichung (Wuqi)	丈儂
	Tainan	丈儂, 丈儂爸
	Taitung	丈儂
	Hsinchu	丈儂
	Penghu (Magong)	丈儂
	Penang (Hokkien)	丈儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	丈儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	丈儂
	Longyan	丈翁老
	Chaozhou	丈儂
	Shantou	丈儂
	Jieyang	丈儂
	Haifeng	丈儂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	丈儂
	Singapore (Teochew)	丈儂
	Leizhou	外家公, 外家公爸
	Wenchang	外家爸
	Haikou	外家爸
Puxian Min	Putian	丈儂
	Xianyou	丈儂, 丈儂公
Central Min	Yong'an	俺人, 丈人
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	丈人, 丈人公
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	外父老, 岳父
Wu	Shanghai	丈人, 丈人阿伯, 丈人老頭, 泰山
	Shanghai (Chongming)	丈人
	Suzhou	丈人
	Danyang	老丈人, 丈人
	Hangzhou	丈人老頭兒
	Ningbo	丈人老頭, 丈人阿伯, 丈人
	Wenzhou	丈人老, 丈老, 丈人
	Jinhua	丈人
Xiang	Changsha	岳老子, 丈人老子, 九尺五
	Loudi	丈人公
	Shuangfeng	丈人家, 丈老子, 乾爺
	Hengyang	岳老子, 丈老子

Adjective

泰山

1. (Shanghainese) calm; at ease; relaxed

Etymology 2

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

Phono-semantic matching of English Tarzan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàishān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ saan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sân
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thài-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàishān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàishan
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-shan¹
    • Yale: Tài-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayshan
    • Palladius: Тайшань (Tajšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ saan¹
    • Yale: taai sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sân
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai san^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ san²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-san
    • Tâi-lô: Thài-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taesafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ san⁴⁴/

Proper noun

泰山

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

Japanese

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

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

泰山

Wikipedia ^ja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠izã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

泰(たい)山(ざん) • (Taizan) 

1. Mount Tai

References

• “泰山”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
泰	山

Proper noun

泰山 • (Taesan) (hangeul 태산)

1. hanja form^? of 태산 (“Mount Tai”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
泰	山

Proper noun

泰山

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