甲仙

Chinese

		1st heavenly stem; armour; shell	immortal
simp. and trad. (甲仙)		甲	仙

Etymology

From the combination of Hokkien 傀儡 (ka-lé) (substituting homophonous 甲 (ka) for 傀 (ka)) and 楠梓仙溪 (as the character 仙) in 1920.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiǎxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ sin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kah-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǎsian
    • Wade–Giles: Chia³-hsien¹
    • Yale: Jyǎ-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeashian
    • Palladius: Цзясянь (Czjasjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³ sin¹
    • Yale: gaap sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kah-sian
    • Tâi-lô: Kah-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kahsiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka(ʔ)⁵ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ siɛn⁴⁴/

Proper noun

甲仙

1. (～區) Jiasian, Chiahsien (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

   • 盛產芋頭的甲仙，其貧瘠土壤下蘊藏多種化石，還有平埔文化保存在山間。 [MSC, trad.]
     盛产芋头的甲仙，其贫瘠土壤下蕴藏多种化石，还有平埔文化保存在山间。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2005, 台灣鄉鎮之美 Taiwan Town and Country[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, p.156

     Shèngchǎn yùtou de Jiǎxiān, qí pínjí tǔrǎng xià yùncáng duōzhǒng huàshí, háiyǒu Píngpǔ wénhuà bǎocún zài shān jiān. [Pinyin]

     In Jiasian, which grows a lot of taro, fossils lie buried in the poor quality soil, and some Pingpu Aboriginal culture still survives.

Descendants

• → English: Chiahsien, Jiasian, Jiaxian