仙子

Chinese

		immortal	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (仙子)		仙	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ zi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tzŭ³
  - Yale: syān-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantzyy
  - Palladius: сяньцзы (sjanʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ zi²
  - Yale: sīn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-chú
  - Tâi-lô: sian-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

仙子

(especially Taoism) immortal
fairy; beautiful woman

Derived terms

凌波仙子
廣寒仙子／广寒仙子
鳳仙子／凤仙子

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