中山 (Zhōng shān) — Zhongshan (city in Guangdong province); (in 孙中山) Sun Yat-sen

Definition

中山 refers either to the Guangdong city or to Sun Yat-sen himself when read in the surname-and-given-name form 中山. In 孙中山 it is always read as a two-syllable name, not 'middle mountain'.

noun
Zhongshan (city in Guangdong province)(in 孙中山) Sun Yat-sen

Examples

  • 中山，。
    Wǒ qù nián qù le yí tàng Zhōng shān, nà lǐ de gōng yè hěn fā dá.
    I went to Zhongshan last year—the industry there is very developed.
  • 中山。
    Zhōng shān Xiān sheng de sī xiǎng duì jìn dài zhōng guó yǐng xiǎng shēn yuǎn.
    Dr. Sun Yat-sen's ideas had a profound impact on modern China.
  • 中山。
    Zhè tiáo Zhōng shān lù shì chéng lǐ zuì rè nao de shāng yè jiē.
    This Zhongshan Road is the busiest commercial street in the city.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

山 shows three mountain peaks side by side.

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