Fangshan
/fɑ́ŋ.ʂɑ́n/noun
Fangshan is a place name, especially the Fangshan District of Beijing, China.
Did you know?Fangshan District includes Zhoukoudian, the archaeological site famous for fossils of Homo erectus, once popularly called “Peking Man.”
Etymological Timeline
Old Chinese
Old Chinese
房山
“A compound of 房, “house” or “dwelling,” and 山, “mountain””
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese
房山
“A place-name compound pronounced approximately as bjæng-shan”
Medieval China
Literary Chinese
房山
“The name of a mountain and surrounding locality near present-day Beijing”
Modern Mandarin
Mandarin
Fángshān
““House Mountain”; a district and mountain name”
Modern English
English
Fangshan
“An English-rendered Chinese proper name, most commonly referring to Beijing’s Fangshan District”