仙桃

Chinese

		immortal	peach
simp. and trad. (仙桃)		仙	桃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāntáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ tou⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-thò
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sian-thô

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): xieng¹ to⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāntáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siantáo
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tʻao²
    • Yale: syān-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantaur
    • Palladius: сяньтао (sjanʹtao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ tou⁴
    • Yale: sīn tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-thò
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ toˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ to²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ tʰo¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-thô
    • Tâi-lô: sian-thô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sientooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ tʰo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɤ²³/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: xieng¹ to⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /sieŋ³⁵⁻³³ tʰɔ²²/

Noun

仙桃

1. (Chinese mythology) peach of immortality
2. canistel
3. (Maoming Cantonese, Leizhou Min) mango

Synonyms

• (peach of immortality): 蟠桃 (pántáo)
• (canistel): 蛋黃果／蛋黄果 (dànhuángguǒ)
• (mango):

Dialectal synonyms of 芒果 (“mango”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		芒果
Taxonomic name		芒果
Mandarin	Taiwan	芒果
	Jinan	芒果
	Xi'an	芒果
	Lanzhou	芒果
	Ürümqi	芒果
	Wuhan	芒果
	Chengdu	芒果
	Guiyang	芒果
	Guilin	芒果
	Liuzhou	芒果
	Nanning (Wuming)	芒果
	Xuzhou	芒果
	Nanjing	芒果
	Malaysia	芒果
	Singapore	芒果
	Kokang	罵木
Cantonese	Guangzhou	芒果
	Hong Kong	芒果
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	芒果
	Taishan	芒果
	Dongguan	芒果
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	芒果
	Xinyi	酸桃
	Maoming (Xinpo)	仙桃
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	芒果
	Singapore (Guangfu)	芒果
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	芒果
Hakka	Meixian	芒果
	Dabu (Xihe)	芒果
	Luhe	芒果 yellow, 檨仔 green
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	檨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番檨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	番檨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	檨仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	檨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	檨仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	檨仔
	Sabah (Longchuan)	芒果
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	芒果
	Senai (Huiyang)	芒果
Huizhou	Jixi	芒果
Jin	Taiyuan	芒果
	Xinzhou	芒果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番檨, 芒果
	Fuqing	番檨
Southern Min	Xiamen	檨仔
	Quanzhou	檨仔
	Zhangzhou	檨仔
	Pinghe	檨仔
	Zhao'an	檨
	Taipei	檨仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	檨仔
	Kaohsiung	檨仔
	Yilan	檨仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	檨仔
	Taichung	檨仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	檨仔
	Tainan	檨仔
	Taitung	檨仔
	Hsinchu	檨仔
	Kinmen	檨仔, 芒果
	Penghu (Magong)	檨仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	檨仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	檨, 檨仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	檨仔
	Chaozhou	檨, 芒果
	Shantou	檨, 芒果
	Shantou (Chenghai)	檨
	Jieyang	檨
	Haifeng	檨
	Bangkok (Teochew)	檨
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	檨囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	檨
	Pontianak (Teochew)	檨
	Leizhou	仙桃
	Wenchang	芒果
	Haikou	芒果
	Qionghai	芒果
	Singapore (Hainanese)	檨
Puxian Min	Putian	臺灣檨
	Xianyou	臺灣檨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	芒果
Wu	Shanghai	芒果
	Danyang	芒果
	Hangzhou	芒果
	Jinhua	芒果

Proper noun

仙桃

1. (～市) Xiantao (a sub-prefectural city in Hubei, China)

Descendants

• → English: Xiantao