仙客來

Chinese

		immortal	customer; visitor; guest	to come
trad. (仙客來)		仙	客	來
simp. (仙客来)		仙	客	来
Literally: “immortal guests come”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English cyclamen.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānkèlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ haak³ loi⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-khaq-le

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānkèlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siankèlái
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-kʻo⁴-lai²
    • Yale: syān-kè-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiankehlai
    • Palladius: сянькэлай (sjanʹkɛlaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ haak³ loi⁴
    • Yale: sīn haak lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ haak⁸ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ hag³ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ haːk̚³ lɔːi̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-khaq-le
    • MiniDict: shi^平 khah le
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-khaq-le
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ kʰaʔ³³ le²¹/

Noun

仙客來

1. cyclamen