仙士

Chinese

		immortal	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (仙士)		仙	士

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianshìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-shih⁴
  - Yale: syān-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshyh
  - Palladius: сяньши (sjanʹši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    仙逝
    先世
    先是
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ si⁶
  - Yale: sīn sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ siː²²/

Noun

仙士

(literary) immortal; supernatural entity

Synonyms

仙人 (xiānrén)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (仙士)		仙	士

From English cents.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ si^6-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ si^6-2
  - Yale: sīn sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ si^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ xi^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ siː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

仙士

(Cantonese, dated) cent (one-hundredth of the main unit of currency)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 分 (“fen; cent”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		分
Mandarin	Beijing	分
	Taiwan	分
	Jinan	分
	Xi'an	分
	Wuhan	分
	Chengdu	分
	Yangzhou	分
	Hefei	分
	Malaysia	仙
	Singapore	分
Cantonese	Guangzhou	分
	Hong Kong	仙, 仙士 dated
	Taishan	分, 仙
Gan	Nanchang	分
Hakka	Meixian	分
Jin	Taiyuan	分
Northern Min	Jian'ou	分
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	分
Southern Min	Xiamen	占, 分
	Quanzhou	占
	Zhangzhou	占
	Tainan	仙
	Penang (Hokkien)	鐳, sen
	Singapore (Hokkien)	占
	Manila (Hokkien)	仙
	Chaozhou	分
	Singapore (Teochew)	占
Wu	Suzhou	分
Wu	Wenzhou	分
Xiang	Changsha	分
Xiang	Shuangfeng	分

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