# 山川
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shānchuān
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄔㄨㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saan$^1$ cyun$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sân-chhôn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): san-chhoan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shānchuān
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄔㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shanchuan
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^1$-chʻuan$^1$
*** Yale: shān-chwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanchuan
*** Palladius: шаньчуань (šanʹčuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saan$^1$ cyun$^1$
*** Yale: sāan chyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saan$^1$ tsyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: san$^1$ qun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$山川 山村
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân-chhôn
*** Hakka Romanization System: san$^ˊ$ con$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: san$^1$ con$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /san²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰon²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san-chhoan
*** Tâi-lô: san-tshuan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sanzhoafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /san⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /san³³ t͡sʰuan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /san⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/

### Noun

山川
* (literally) mountains and rivers
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Gù shàng bèi rìyuè zhī míng, xià shuò shānchuān zhī jīng, zhōng duò sìshí zhī shī, zhuìnuò zhī chóng, xiàoqiào zhī wù, mòbù shī qí xìng. [Pinyin]
    It is just as if, above, the brightness of the sun and moon were darkened; as if, beneath, the productive vigour of the hills and streams were dried up; and as if, between, the operation of the four seasons were brought to an end: in which case there would not be a single weak and wriggling insect, nor any plant that grows up, which would not lose its proper nature.
* (figuratively) scenery; landscape; view

#### Synonyms

* (scenery):
* 光景 (guāngjǐng)
* 勝景／胜景 (shèngjǐng) (wonderful scenery)
* 勝概／胜概 (shènggài) (beautiful scenery, literary)
* 山水 (shānshuǐ) (figurative)
* 春景 (chūnjǐng) (spring scenery)
* 春色 (chūnsè) (spring scenery)
* 景物 (jǐngwù)
* 景致 (jǐngzhì)
* 景色 (jǐngsè)
* 景觀／景观 (jǐngguān)
* 景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
* 氣象／气象 (qìxiàng) (literary)
* 秀色 (xiùsè) (beautiful scenery)
* 秋景 (qiūjǐng) (autumn scenery)
* 秋色 (qiūsè) (autumn scenery)
* 美景 (měijǐng) (beautiful scenery)
* 花月 (huāyuè) (literary)
* 雨景 (yǔjǐng) (rainy scene)
* 風光／风光
* 風景／风景 (fēngjǐng)
* 風物／风物 (fēngwù)
* 風貌／风貌 (fēngmào)

#### Related terms

* 河流 (héliú)
* 山嶽／山岳 (shānyuè)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 山 | 川 |
| やま Grade: 1 | かわ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river; stream”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ja̠ma̠ka̠β̞a̠]

#### Noun

山(やま)川(かわ) • (yamakawa)
* mountains and rivers

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 山 | 川 |
| やま Grade: 1 | かわ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ja̠ma̠ka̠β̞a̠]

#### Proper noun

山(やま)川(かわ) • (Yamakawa)
* a surname

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 山 | 川 |
| さん Grade: 1 | せん Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
Compound of 山(さん) (san, “mountain”) + 川(せん) (sen, “river; stream”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sã̠ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

#### Noun

山(さん)川(せん) • (sansen)
* mountains and rivers

##### Derived terms

* 山川草木(さんせんそうもく) (sansensōmoku): natural scenery
* 山川万里(さんせんばんり) (sansenbanri): across mountains and rivers

### Etymology 4

Kanji in this term :
| 山 | 川 |
| やま Grade: 1 | かわ > がわ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river; stream”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ja̠ma̠ɡa̠β̞a̠]

#### Noun

山(やま)川(がわ) • (yamagawa)
* mountain rivers

##### Derived terms

* 深山川蜻蛉(みやまがわとんぼ) (miyamagawatonbo): damselfly

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 山 | 川 |

### Noun

山川 • (sancheon) (hangeul 산천)
* hanja form of 산천 (“natural landscape; mountains and rivers”)