仙子

Chinese

		immortal	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (仙子)		仙	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: syān-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantzyy
    • Palladius: сяньцзы (sjanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ zi²
    • Yale: sīn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-chú
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

仙子

1. (especially Taoism) immortal
2. fairy; beautiful woman

Derived terms

• 凌波仙子
• 廣寒仙子／广寒仙子
• 鳳仙子／凤仙子