仙人球

Chinese

		immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being	ball; sphere
simp. and trad. (仙人球)		仙人	球
Literally: “immortal man's sphere”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānrénqiú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jan⁴ kau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sian-lîn-kiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānrénqiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianréncióu
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-jên²-chʻiu²
  - Yale: syān-rén-chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianrenchyou
  - Palladius: сяньжэньцю (sjanʹžɛnʹcju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰjoʊ̯³⁵/
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/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lîn-kiû
  - Tâi-lô: sian-lîn-kiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienlinkiuu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ lin²⁴⁻²² kiu²⁴/

Noun

仙人球

cactus with a globular or elliptic stem; ball cactus
(Quanzhou Hokkien) cactus (member of the Cactaceae family)

See also

仙人掌 (xiānrénzhǎng)

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