甲仙
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Chinese
| 1st heavenly stem; armour; shell | immortal | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (甲仙) |
甲 | 仙 | |
Etymology
From the combination of Hokkien 傀儡 (ka-lé) (substituting homophonous 甲 (ka) for 傀 (ka)) and 楠梓仙溪 (as the character 仙) in 1920.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǎsian
- Wade–Giles: Chia3-hsien1
- Yale: Jyǎ-syān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeashian
- Palladius: Цзясянь (Czjasjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaap3 sin1
- Yale: gaap sīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaap8 sin1
- Guangdong Romanization: gab3 xin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːp̚³ siːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Proper noun
甲仙
- (～區) Jiasian, Chiahsien (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
- 盛產芋頭的甲仙，其貧瘠土壤下蘊藏多種化石，還有平埔文化保存在山間。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2005, 台灣鄉鎮之美 Taiwan Town and Country, →ISBN, →OCLC, p.156
- Shèngchǎn yùtou de Jiǎxiān, qí pínjí tǔrǎng xià yùncáng duōzhǒng huàshí, háiyǒu Píngpǔ wénhuà bǎocún zài shān jiān.
- In Jiasian, which grows a lot of taro, fossils lie buried in the poor quality soil, and some Pingpu Aboriginal culture still survives.
盛产芋头的甲仙，其贫瘠土壤下蕴藏多种化石，还有平埔文化保存在山间。 [MSC, simp.]