獅子山

Chinese

		lion; Buddha; bodhisattva	mountain; hill
trad. (獅子山)		獅子	山
simp. (狮子山)		狮子	山
Literally: “lion(-like) mountain”.

Etymology

Sierra Leone

Calque of Spanish Sierra Leona.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shīzǐshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄗˇ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ zi² saan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shīzǐshān → Shīzishān (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄗˇ ㄕㄢ → ㄕ ˙ㄗ ㄕㄢ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shihzi̊hshan
    • Wade–Giles: Shih¹-tzŭ⁵-shan¹
    • Yale: Shr̄-dz-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shy.tzyyshan
    • Palladius: Шицзышань (Šiczyšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ zi² saan¹
    • Yale: sī jí sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ dzi² saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ji² san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

獅子山 (in Hong Kong).

Proper noun

獅子山

1. Lion Rock (a mountain in Hong Kong)

   • 我哋大家在獅子山下相遇上 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     我哋大家在狮子山下相遇上 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1979, 羅文 (Roman Tam), 《獅子山下》 (Below the Lion Rock)

     ngo⁵ dei⁶ daai⁶ gaa¹ zoi⁶ si¹ zi² saan¹ haa⁶ soeng¹ jyu⁶ soeng⁵ [Jyutping]

     We all meet each other below the Lion Rock

2. Lionrock (name of two tropical cyclones)
3. (～共和國) (chiefly Taiwan) Sierra Leone (a country in Africa)
4. (～區) (historical) Shizishan (a former district of Tongling, Anhui, China, now part of Tongguan District)
5. (～街道) Shizishan (a subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
6. (～街道) Shizishan (a subdistrict of Jinjiang district, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
7. (～街道) Shizishan (a subdistrict of Yanjiang district, Ziyang, Sichuan, China)

Synonyms

• (Sierra Leone): (Mainland China) 塞拉利昂 (Sàilālì'áng)