中山

Zhōngshān

proper noun #48,280

Meanings

1 Zhongshan, the name by which Sun Yat-sen is best known in China
2 Zhongshan, city in Guangdong province, the birthplace of Sun Yat-sen

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Examples

HSK 6

中山是广东的一座城市，也是孙中山的故乡。

Zhōngshān shì Guǎngdōng de yí zuò chéngshì, yě shì Sūn Zhōngshān de gùxiāng.

Zhongshan is a city in Guangdong, and it is also Sun Yat-sen's hometown.

HSK 7-9

人们常常尊称孙中山为“中山先生”。

Rénmen chángcháng zūnchēng Sūn Zhōngshān wéi " Zhōngshān xiānsheng ".

People often respectfully call Sun Yat-sen 'Mr. Zhongshan'.

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history

Sun first used the Japanese surname Nakayama, 'middle mountain', as an alias in Japan in 1897. Written 中山 and read in Chinese, it became the name he is best known by. His home county, 香山, was renamed 中山 in his honor in 1925; the city's full name is 中山市.

usage

Things named after him carry the name: the 中山装 (Zhongshan or Mao suit), his tomb 中山陵 in 南京, 中山大学 in 广州, and a 中山路 or 中山公园 in most Chinese cities.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

山 shān