仙人跳

Chinese

		immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being	jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat
simp. and trad. (仙人跳)		仙人	跳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānréntiào

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jan⁴ tiu³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹shi-gnin₆-thiau₅ / ¹sie-gnin₂-thiau₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānréntiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianréntiào
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-jên²-tʻiao⁴
  - Yale: syān-rén-tyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianrentiaw
  - Palladius: сяньжэньтяо (sjanʹžɛnʹtjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ jan⁴ tiu³
  - Yale: sīn yàhn tiu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ jan⁴ tiu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ yen⁴ tiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ tʰiːu̯³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹shi-gnin₆-thiau₅
  - MiniDict: shi^平 nyin^去 thiau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-nyin₃-thiau₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ n̠ʲin³³ tʰiɔ²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹sie-gnin₂-thiau₅
  - MiniDict: sie^平 nyin^平 thiau^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sɪ⁴⁴ n̠ʲin⁴⁴ tʰiæ/

Noun

仙人跳

(informal) seducing someone (usually a man) into sex and then blackmailing the person by accusing them of prostitution, adultery, statutory rape, etc. Similar in concept to badger game.