仙客來
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[edit]immortal | customer; visitor; guest | to come | ||
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trad. (仙客來) | 仙 | 客 | 來 | |
simp. (仙客来) | 仙 | 客 | 来 | |
Literally: “immortal guests come”. |
Etymology
[edit]Phono-semantic matching of English cyclamen.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siankèlái
- Wade–Giles: hsien1-kʻo4-lai2
- Yale: syān-kè-lái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiankehlai
- Palladius: сянькэлай (sjanʹkɛlaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sin1 haak3 loi4
- Yale: sīn haak lòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: sin1 haak8 loi4
- Guangdong Romanization: xin1 hag3 loi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːn⁵⁵ haːk̚³ lɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
[edit]仙客來