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): ㄒㄧㄢㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ haak³ loi⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹shi-khaq-le

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānkèlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄎㄜˋ 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
- (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

cyclamen

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