水仙
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Chinese
| water; river | immortal | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (水仙) |
水 | 仙 | |
| alternative forms | 水僊／水仙 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi2 sin1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui2 lhen1
- Eastern Min (BUC): cūi-siĕng
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-sian
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5sy-shi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisian
- Wade–Giles: shui3-hsien1
- Yale: shwěi-syān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishian
- Palladius: шуйсянь (šujsjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 sin1
- Yale: séui sīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 sin1
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 xin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: sui2 lhen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sui⁵⁵ ɬen³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: cūi-siĕng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sui³³⁻²¹ (s-)lieŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Noun
水仙
- paperwhite; Chinese sacred lily (Narcissus tazetta)
- (～屬) narcissus (any of several bulbous flowering plants of the genus Narcissus)
- (～茶) Shui Hsien tea (a kind of oolong tea)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 仙 |
| すい Grade: 1 |
せん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
- narcissus (any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus)
Derived terms
- 日本水仙 (Nihonzuisen, “bunch-flowered narcissus”)
- 喇叭水仙 (rappa suisen, “wild daffodil”)
- 黄水仙 (kizuisen, “jonquil”)
- 口紅水仙 (kuchibenizuisen, “poet's narcissus”)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.