仙客來
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Chinese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
Chinese
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immortal
customer; visitor; guest
to come
trad.
(
仙客來
)
仙
客
來
simp.
(
仙客来
)
仙
客
来
Literally:
“immortal guests come”.
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Etymology
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Phono-semantic matching
of
English
cyclamen
.
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
xiānkèlái
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄒㄧㄢ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
sin
1
haak
3
loi
4
Wu
(
Wugniu
)
(
Northern
)
:
1
shi-khaq-le
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
xiānkèlái
Zhuyin
:
ㄒㄧㄢ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
siankèlái
Wade–Giles
:
hsien
1
-kʻo
4
-lai
2
Yale
:
syān-kè-lái
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
shiankehlai
Palladius
:
сянькэлай
(sjanʹkɛlaj)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
sin
1
haak
3
loi
4
Yale
:
s
ī
n haak lòih
Cantonese Pinyin
:
sin
1
haak
8
loi
4
Guangdong Romanization
:
xin
1
hag
3
loi
4
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/siːn
⁵⁵
haːk̚³ lɔːi̯
²¹
/
Wu
(
Shanghai
)
Wugniu
:
1
shi-khaq-le
MiniDict
:
shi
平
khah le
Wiktionary Romanisation
(Shanghai)
:
1
xi-khaq-le
Sinological
IPA
(
Shanghai
)
:
/ɕi⁵⁵ kʰaʔ³³ le²¹/
Noun
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仙客來
cyclamen
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:
Chinese phono-semantic matchings from English
Chinese terms derived from English
Chinese lemmas
Mandarin lemmas
Cantonese lemmas
Wu lemmas
Chinese nouns
Mandarin nouns
Cantonese nouns
Wu nouns
Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
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