神仙水

Chinese

		immortals; supernatural entity; celestial being immortals; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being	water; river
simp. and trad. (神仙水)		神仙	水
Literally: “celestial water”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénxiānshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ sin¹ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénxiānshuǐ → shénxianshuǐ (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ → ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénsiånshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-hsien⁵-shui³
    • Yale: shén-syan-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern.shianshoei
    • Palladius: шэньсяньшуй (šɛnʹsjanʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʂən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénxiānshuǐr → shénxianshuǐr (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ → ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénsiånshuěir
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-hsien⁵-shui³-ʼrh
    • Yale: shén-syan-shwěir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern.shianshoel
    • Palladius: шэньсяньшуйр (šɛnʹsjanʹšujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʂən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ sin¹ seoi²
    • Yale: sàhn sīn séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ sin¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ xin¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ siːn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

神仙水

1. (cosmetics) (facial) essence
2. (narcotic slang) codeine