水仙尊王
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Chinese
| water | immortal (person) | honorable revered |
king(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (水仙尊王) | 水 | 仙 | 尊 | 王 | |
| simp. #(水仙尊王) | 水 | 仙 | 尊 | 王 | |
Etymology
As a quintet, thought to derive from a misunderstanding of Wu Zixu's surname 伍 (Wǔ) as indicating a form of the number five 五 (wǔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): Shuǐxiān Zūnwáng
- (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄨㄤˊ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Shuǐxiān Zūnwáng
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄨㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Shuěisian Zunwáng
- Wade–Giles: Shui3-hsien1 Tsun1-wang2
- Yale: Shwěi-syān Dzwūn-wáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shoeishian Tzuenwang
- Palladius: Шуйсянь Цзуньван (Šujsjanʹ Czunʹvan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proper noun
水仙尊王