五指山

Chinese

		the five fingers; fingers	mountain; hill
trad. (五指山)		五指	山
simp. ^#(五指山)		五指	山

Etymology

“someone's control”: From the plot in the Journey to the West, where the Monkey King was suppressed under the Buddha's fingers as penalty for wreaking havoc in the heaven.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wǔzhǐshān

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄓˇ ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ zi² saan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ńg-chṳ́-sân
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ngó͘-chí-soaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔzhǐshān [Phonetic: wúzhǐshān]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄓˇ ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔjhǐhshan
  - Wade–Giles: Wu³-chih³-shan¹
  - Yale: Wǔ-jř-shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuujyyshan
  - Palladius: Учжишань (Učžišanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ zi² saan¹
  - Yale: ńgh jí sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ dzi² saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ ji² san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ t͡siː³⁵ saːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ńg-chṳ́-sân
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng` zii` san´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ zi³ san¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ t͡sɨ³¹ san²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngó͘-chí-soaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Ngóo-tsí-suann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngofcysvoaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suã⁴⁴/

Noun

五指山

(figurative) someone's control
你逃不出我的五指山。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Nǐ táo bù chū wǒ de wǔzhǐshān. [Pinyin]
You can't escape from my control.

Proper noun

五指山

Wuzhi Mountain (the highest mountain in Hainan, China)
(～市) Wuzhishan (a sub-prefectural city in Hainan, China)
Five Finger Mountain (a mountain in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)

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