仙人掌

Chinese

		immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being	palm (of hand); in charge of
simp. and trad. (仙人掌)		仙人	掌
Literally: “immortal man's palm”.

仙人掌

Etymology

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) 仙人掌

1. cactus (member of the Cactaceae family)

Synonyms

• 仙巴掌 (xiānbāzhǎng)
• 仙人扇 (xiānrénshàn)
• 霸王樹／霸王树 (bàwángshù)
• (Hokkien) 刺球, 仙人球 (xiānrénqiú)
• (Teochew) 火旺

See also

• 仙人球 (xiānrénqiú)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
仙	人	掌
さぼてん
Grade: S	Grade: 1	Grade: S
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 仙人掌 – see the following entry.

【サボテン】 [noun] cactus (member of the Cactaceae family) Alternative spellings 覇王樹, さぼてん

(This term, 仙人掌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
仙	人	掌

Noun

仙人掌 • (seoninjang) (hangeul 선인장)

1. hanja form^? of 선인장 (“cactus”)