仙人球
Chinese
| ball; sphere | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (仙人球) |
仙人 | 球 | |
| Literally: “immortal man's sphere”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): xiānrénqiú
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sin1 jan4 kau4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-lîn-kiû
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiānrénqiú
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sianréncióu
- Wade–Giles: hsien1-jên2-chʻiu2
- Yale: syān-rén-chyóu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianrenchyou
- Palladius: сяньжэньцю (sjanʹžɛnʹcju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sin1 jan4 kau4
- Yale: sīn yàhn kàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: sin1 jan4 kau4
- Guangdong Romanization: xin1 yen4 keo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ kʰɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lîn-kiû
- Tâi-lô: sian-lîn-kiû
- Phofsit Daibuun: sienlinkiuu
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ lin²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
仙人球
- cactus with a globular or elliptic stem, especially Echinopsis oxygona
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) cactus (member of the Cactaceae family)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 仙人掌 (“cactus”) [map]
See also
- 仙人掌 (xiānrénzhǎng)