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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
仙人
- (Chinese mythology) immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being
- 仙人下凡 ― xiānrén xiàfán ― a celestial being descends into the mortal world
- (dialectal Hakka) beggar
- (Ningbonese, anatomy) pupil
- (modern day) Taoist saint; ascension; enlightened one
Synonyms
- (immortal): 神仙 (shénxiān)
Dialectal synonyms of
乞丐 (“beggar”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
乞人, 乞丐, 乞兒, 丐者, 丐
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
乞丐
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
要飯的, 要飯兒的, 老花子, 叫花子, 看街的, 抱火盆兒的
|
| Taiwan
|
乞丐
|
| Langfang
|
要飯的
|
| Ulanhot
|
要飯的, 要飯花子
|
| Tongliao
|
要飯的
|
| Chifeng
|
要飯的
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
要飯的
|
| Harbin
|
叫花子, 要飯花子
|
| Singapore
|
乞丐
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tangshan
|
花子
|
| Cangzhou
|
要飯的
|
| Baoding
|
要飯的
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
要飯的
|
| Jinan
|
要飯的, 叫花子
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
要飯兒的, 叫花子, 要飯的, 花子
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
叫花子, 要飯吃的, 靠門傍子
|
| Daming
|
要飯吃哩
|
| Wanrong
|
要飯的, 尋饃的
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| Zhengzhou
|
要飯哩
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| Xi'an
|
要飯的, 叫花子
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| Xining
|
尋口, 要饃饃的
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| Xuzhou
|
要飯的
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| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
抄花子, 討吃, 要乜貼的, 要的吃的
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
討吃
|
| Bayanhot
|
討吃, 要飯的
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| Lanzhou
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要飯的, 要要吃
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| Ürümqi
|
要飯的
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
叫花子, 討口子
|
| Wuhan
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告花子, 花子, 討飯的, 要飯的, 乞丐, 討米的, 睡門樓的
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| Guiyang
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叫化子
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| Kunming
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花子, 叫花子, 要飯的
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| Liuzhou
|
討飯佬, 叫化子, 叫化
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| Dagudi (Maliba)
|
叫花子
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| Reshuitang (Longling)
|
要飯人
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| Mae Salong (Lancang)
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叫花子, 討飯人
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| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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要飯的, 叫花子
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的
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| Yangzhou
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花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的, 告花子
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| Xinghua
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花子, 要飯的, 討飯的
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| Nantong
|
告花子, 討飯子
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| Hefei
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要飯的, 叫花子
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| Huanggang
|
告殼子
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| Mandarin
|
Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)
|
化子
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| Nanping (Yanping)
|
叫化子
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
乞兒
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| Hong Kong
|
乞兒
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| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
乞兒
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
乞兒, 乞兒佬
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
攞食佬
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
攞食佬
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| Macau
|
乞兒
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
乞兒
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
乞兒
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
乞兒
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young
|
| Foshan
|
乞兒
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
乞兒
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
乞兒
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
乞兒
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
乞兒
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
乞兒
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
乞兒
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
乞兒
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
乞耳
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
乞兒
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
乞兒
|
| Taishan
|
乞米仔
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
乞米仔
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
乞米仔
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
乞兒
|
| Dongguan
|
乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
乞兒
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
攞食佬
|
| Qingyuan
|
乞兒
|
| Fogang
|
乞兒
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
架化佬
|
| Yangshan
|
乞吃佬
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
狗化佬
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
叫化佬
|
| Shaoguan
|
乞兒
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
乞兒
|
| Renhua
|
乞兒, 乞兒佬
|
| Lechang
|
乞兒
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
乞兒
|
| Sihui
|
乞兒佬
|
| Guangning
|
乞兒
|
| Deqing
|
乞兒
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
乞吃
|
| Yunfu
|
乞兒
|
| Xinxing
|
乞兒
|
| Luoding
|
乞兒
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
乞兒
|
| Yangjiang
|
乞兒, 乞米佬 male, 乞米婆 female
|
| Xinyi
|
乞兒
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| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
乞兒
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| Lianjiang
|
乞兒
|
| Wuchuan (Wuyang)
|
乞兒, 乞兒佬 male, 乞兒婆 female
|
| Nanning
|
乞兒
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
覓吃佬
|
| Beihai
|
乞食佬
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
乞兒
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
乞兒
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
乞兒
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
乞兒
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
乞兒
|
| Móng Cái
|
乞兒
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
告化子, 討飯個
|
| Pengze
|
討飯個
|
| Lichuan
|
告化子, 乞兒
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| Pingxiang
|
告化子, 花子, 討米個
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
告化仔, 討食個
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| Xingning
|
告化哩
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| Fengshun (Liuhuang)
|
乞食
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
攞食, 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
攞食佬
|
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
攞食
|
| Huiyang
|
攞食
|
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
攞食仔
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
攞食
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
|
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
乞食佬, 攞食
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| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
攞食佬
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| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
攞食伊, 攞食佬
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
乞兒
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
酌食哩, 乞丐
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
告化哩, 酌食個, 絡食個
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
告化哩
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
絡食哩
|
| Wuhua (Meilin)
|
絡食哩
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
攞食的, 攞食
|
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
攞食佬
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
告化佬
|
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
攞食哎
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
告化
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
攞食
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
叫化
|
| Wengyuan
|
討食佬
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
告化子
|
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
叫化
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
攞食佬
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
狗化公
|
| Liannan
|
攞食佬
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
攞食佬
|
| Jiexi
|
乞食
|
| Luhe
|
乞食
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
乞食
|
| Changting
|
告化子, 告化
|
| Wuping
|
告化
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
討食告化
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
告化
|
| Ninghua
|
乞食
|
| Yudu
|
告化子
|
| Ningdu
|
教化
|
| Ruijin
|
告化
|
| Shicheng
|
告化
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
告化子
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
教化子
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
教化子
|
| Dayu
|
討飯佬
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
乞食仔, 乞食
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| Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)
|
乞食
|
| Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)
|
乞食
|
| Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)
|
乞食仔
|
| Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)
|
乞食仔
|
| Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)
|
乞食仔
|
| Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)
|
乞食仔, 討食
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| Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
|
乞食仔
|
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
|
乞食
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
打幫食, 乞食仔, 教化仔, 打幫仔
|
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
討食, 乞食
|
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
|
討食仔
|
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
|
討食仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
乞食仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
乞食, 仙人
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
乞食仔, 乞食
|
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
|
乞食
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
乞食
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| Hong Kong
|
攞食佬, 乞兒
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
丐米佬
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
丐食
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| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
乞兒
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
乞兒
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| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
乞兒佬
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
乞食佬
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
乞兒
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
乞食佬
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
乞食佬
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
乞兒
|
| Luchuan
|
乞食佬
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
攞食佬
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
攞食佬
|
| Singkawang
|
乞食
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
討飯仂, 討飯佬 humorous, 討飯鬼 derogatory, 討飯骨 derogatory, 討飯婆 woman
|
| Shexian
|
討飯唉
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
丐食, 討飯個
|
| Xiuning
|
丐食, 討飯仂
|
| Yixian
|
討飯漢
|
| Qimen
|
討飯個
|
| Wuyuan
|
討飯個, 討飯仂
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
討吃吃, 討吃子, 要飯的, 叫花子
|
| Pingyao
|
叫花子
|
| Xinzhou
|
討吃子, 要窩窩哩
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
要飯的
|
| Linhe
|
討吃子
|
| Jining
|
討吃子
|
| Hohhot
|
討吃子
|
| Baotou
|
討吃子
|
| Dongsheng
|
討吃子
|
| Haibowan
|
討吃子
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
乞丐
|
| Handan
|
要飯哩
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
化食
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
化食
|
| Songxi
|
化食
|
| Zhenghe
|
化食
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
化食
|
| Jianyang
|
化食
|
| Wuyishan
|
討飯
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
化食
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
乞食
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
乞食
|
| Fuqing
|
乞食
|
| Yongtai
|
乞食
|
| Gutian
|
乞食
|
| Pingnan
|
乞食
|
| Fu'an
|
乞食
|
| Ningde
|
乞食
|
| Shouning
|
乞食
|
| Zhouning
|
乞食
|
| Fuding
|
乞食
|
| Matsu
|
乞食
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
乞食
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
乞食
|
| Quanzhou
|
乞食
|
| Jinjiang
|
乞食, 分米的, 分食的, 乞食婆 female
|
| Hui'an
|
乞食
|
| Yongchun
|
乞食
|
| Zhangzhou
|
乞食
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
乞食
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
乞食
|
| Zhangpu
|
乞食
|
| Zhao'an
|
乞食
|
| Dongshan
|
乞食
|
| Taipei
|
乞食
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
乞食
|
| Kaohsiung
|
乞食
|
| Yilan
|
乞食
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
乞食
|
| Taichung
|
乞食
|
| Tainan
|
乞食
|
| Hsinchu
|
乞食
|
| Kinmen
|
乞食
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
乞食
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
乞食, 乞食仔
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
乞食
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
乞食
|
| Longyan
|
乞食
|
| Zhangping
|
乞食
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
乞食
|
| Datian
|
乞食
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
乞兒
|
| Chaozhou
|
乞食
|
| Shantou
|
乞食
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
乞食
|
| Jieyang
|
乞食
|
| Haifeng
|
乞食
|
| Fengshun (Liuhuang)
|
乞食
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
乞食
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
乞食
|
| Leizhou
|
乞食
|
| Wenchang
|
乞達
|
| Haikou
|
乞達
|
| Qionghai
|
乞達
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
乞食
|
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
乞食
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
乞食
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
乞食
|
| Xianyou
|
乞食
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
乞食
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
乞食
|
| Fuding (Aoyao)
|
乞食
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
乞兒
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
乞兒
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
救化子, 乞兒
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
告花子, 癟三
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
掛花子
|
| Suzhou
|
告花子, 癟三
|
| Danyang
|
告花子, 告花嫚嫚
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| Hangzhou
|
叫花子, 討飯子
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| Ningbo
|
告花子, 討飯
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| Wenzhou
|
丐兒, 討飯丐兒, 討飯人, 取米丐兒, 取米個
|
| Jinhua
|
討飯, 討飯婆 woman
|
| Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
討飯老丐兒
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
告化子, 討飯的
|
| Xiangtan
|
告化子
|
| Loudi
|
叫化子, 叫化
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| Shuangfeng
|
告化子
|
| Quanzhou
|
乞丐
|
Dialectal synonyms of
瞳孔 (“pupil (of the eye)”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
眸子
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
瞳孔
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
瞳人兒
|
| Taiwan
|
瞳孔
|
| Harbin
|
眼人兒
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
瞳人兒
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
瞳人兒
|
| Xi'an
|
瞳人兒
|
| Xining
|
眼娃娃
|
| Xuzhou
|
瞳人兒
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Ürümqi
|
眼仁子
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
瞳孔, 瞳人
|
| Wuhan
|
瞳人
|
| Guiyang
|
瞳人
|
| Liuzhou
|
瞳人
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
瞳人兒
|
| Yangzhou
|
瞳人子
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
眼公仔, 瞳人
|
| Hong Kong
|
瞳孔
|
| Dongguan
|
眼公
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
瞳人
|
| Lichuan
|
瞳人
|
| Hakka
|
Yudu
|
瞳仁, 烏眼仁子
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
仙人頭
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
瞳孔, 黑眼仁兒, 眼睛仁仁
|
| Xinzhou
|
瞳人兒, 眼睛仁子
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
瞳人, 烏珠
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
瞳子
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
尪仔頭
|
| Zhangzhou
|
尪仔仁
|
| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
烏仁
|
| Kaohsiung
|
烏仁
|
| Yilan
|
烏仁
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
烏仁
|
| Taichung
|
烏仁
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
烏仁
|
| Tainan
|
尪仔頭
|
| Taitung
|
尪仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
烏仁
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
目睭尪
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
眼瞳
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
眼仙人, 瞳孔
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
仙人烏子
|
| Suzhou
|
眼仙人
|
| Danyang
|
眼孔
|
| Hangzhou
|
瞳人兒
|
| Ningbo
|
仙人, 瞳孔
|
| Wenzhou
|
瞳人, 仙人頭
|
| Jinhua
|
瞳人
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
瞳人
|
| Loudi
|
瞳子
|
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology
From sen (仙, supernatural being, hermit) + nin (人, human being).
Noun
仙人 • (sennin)
- (Taoism) immortal mountain fairy or wizard.
- hermit, unworldly person, mountain man.
- one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men.
Synonyms
Derived terms
