# 泰山
## Chinese

* 泰山

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Tàishān
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): taai$^3$ saan$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sân
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thài-san
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tha-se$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Tàishān
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Tàishan
*** Wade–Giles: Tʻai$^4$-shan$^1$
*** Yale: Tài-shān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayshan
*** Palladius: Тайшань (Tajšanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taai$^3$ saan$^1$
*** Yale: taai sāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taai$^3$ saan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tai$^3$ san$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sân
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai san$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ san$^1$
*** 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: $^5$tha-se$_1$
*** MiniDict: tha$^去$ se$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tha-se$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ se⁴⁴/
* 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 | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /ʃˠɛn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /ʃᵚæn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /ʃæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰaj$^H$/ | /ʂəɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /ʃɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /ʃæn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tʰɑi$^H$/ | /ʂăn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tài | shān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | taai$^3$ | saan$^1$ |
* 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 | ‹ thaj$^H$ › | ‹ 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
* Mount Tai (a mountain in Shandong, China)
* (～區) Taishan (a district of Tai'an, Shandong, China)
* (～區) Taishan (a district of New Taipei, 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
* (figurative) something of great weight or importance
       Ānquán zérèn zhòng yú Tàishān. [Pinyin]
       Responsibility in safety is the most important.
* (figurative) father-in-law

##### Synonyms

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

#### Adjective

泰山
* (Shanghainese) calm; at ease; relaxed

### Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Tarzan.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Tàishān
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): taai$^3$ saan$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Thai-sân
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thài-san
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Tàishān
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Tàishan
*** Wade–Giles: Tʻai$^4$-shan$^1$
*** Yale: Tài-shān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayshan
*** Palladius: Тайшань (Tajšanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taai$^3$ saan$^1$
*** Yale: taai sāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taai$^3$ saan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tai$^3$ san$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thai-sân
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai san$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ san$^1$
*** 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
* 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 ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ta̠izã̠ɴ]

### Proper noun

泰(たい)山(ざん) • (Taizan)
* Mount Tai

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 泰 | 山 |

### Proper noun

泰山 • (Taesan) (hangeul 태산)
* hanja form of 태산 (“Mount Tai”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 泰 | 山 |

### Proper noun

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