唐山

Some overseas Chinese thought of the mainland as an unfathomably tall mountain, which they connected to the physical height of the mountains to the Tang Dynasty, as it was one of the peaks of Chinese civilization. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

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: 涂敏恆 (Tu Min-Heng), 《客家本色》 ("Natural Color of Hakka")

     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.

   唐山過台灣，心肝結規丸 [Min Nan, trad.]
   唐山过台湾，心肝结规丸 [Min Nan, simp.]

   Tn̂g-soaⁿ kòe Tâi-oân, sim-koaⁿ kiat kui oân [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   As people went from mainland China over to Taiwan, their hearts became weighed down. (an idiom about the Chinese migration toward Taiwan in Qing Dynasty)

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

• 阿山 (a-soaⁿ), 阿山仔 (a-soaⁿ-á)

• 大陸／大陆 (dàlù)
• Names of China

Named after the Tang Mountain in the city; the Tang Mountain was named after the Tang Dynasty

唐山

1. Tang Mountain (now called Dacheng Mountain)
2. (～市) Tangshan (a prefecture-level city in Hebei, China)

• (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.

唐山 (hiragana とうざん, rōmaji Tōzan)

1. Tangshan (city in China)