仙人球

Chinese

		immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (仙人球)		仙人	球

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānrénqiú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jan⁴ kau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-lîn-kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānrénqiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianréncióu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-jên²-chʻiu²
    • Yale: syān-rén-chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianrenchyou
    • Palladius: сяньжэньцю (sjanʹžɛnʹcju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ jan⁴ kau⁴
    • Yale: sīn yàhn kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ jan⁴ kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ yen⁴ keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lîn-kiû
    • Tâi-lô: sian-lîn-kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienlinkiuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ lin²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 仙人球

1. cactus with a globular or elliptic stem; ball cactus
2. (Quanzhou Hokkien) cactus (member of the Cactaceae family)

See also

• 仙人掌 (xiānrénzhǎng)

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