仙姑

Chinese

		immortal	paternal aunt
trad. (仙姑)		仙	姑
simp. #(仙姑)		仙	姑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ gu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-kû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-ko͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-ku¹
    • Yale: syān-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangu
    • Palladius: сяньгу (sjanʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ gu¹
    • Yale: sīn gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ kuː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-kû
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ gu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ku²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: sian-koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienkof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

仙姑

1. female immortal (or celestial)
2. sorceress
3. female Daoist

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 巫婆 (“witch; sorceress”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		巫婆, 女巫, 師婆, 師婆子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	神婆, 神媽媽
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	巫婆兒, 姑娘 young
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	神婆兒, 巫婆兒, 師婆兒
	Wanrong	神婆子
	Xi'an	神婆子
	Xining	神娘娘
	Xuzhou	神嬤兒嬤兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	神婆子
	Ürümqi	神婆子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	觀仙婆兒, 巫婆
	Guiyang	神婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	巫婆
	Yangzhou	神婆子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	神婆
	Hong Kong	巫婆
Gan	Pingxiang	巫婆
Jin	Taiyuan	神婆子
	Xinzhou	神婆子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	神媽
Southern Min	Xiamen	神姐, 神婆, 紅姨
	Quanzhou	神姐, 神婆
	Hui'an	揣神婆
	Zhangzhou	紅姨
	Haikou	神婆
Wu	Jinhua	巫三姑娘, 三姊妹, 三姑, 仙姑
Xiang	Changsha	巫婆