Chinese

Proper noun

唐山

1. (overseas, dated) China
2. (Taiwan, dated) mainland China

   唐山過台灣，無半點錢，煞猛打拚耕山耕田。 [Hakka, trad.]

   唐山过台湾，无半点钱，煞猛打拚耕山耕田。 [Hakka, simp.]

   From: 客家本色

   Thòng-sân ko Thòi-vàn, mò pan tiám chhièn, sat-mâng tá-piang kâng-sân-kâng-thièn. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

   [From] mainland China [they] went over to Taiwan, without any money, diligently cultivating the hill lands and tilling the fields.

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 長山／长山
• (mainland China): 中國大陸／中国大陆 (Zhōngguó dàlù), 中國內地／中国内地 (Zhōngguó nèidì)

Derived terms

Related terms

• 阿山 (a-soaⁿ), 阿山仔 (a-soaⁿ-á)

Etymology 2

From 唐 (táng, “Tang Dynasty”) + 山 (shān, “mountain”). The Tang Mountain was named after the Tang Dynasty, and Tangshan City was named after the Tang Mountain in the city.

Proper noun

唐山

1. Tang Mountain (now called Dacheng Mountain)
2. Tangshan (city in China)

See also

• 大陸／大陆 (dàlù)
• Names of China

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #5827”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Proper noun

唐山 ‎(hiragana とうざん, romaji Tōzan)

1. Tangshan (city in China)