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

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• 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

1. (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

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