水仙

水仙

Chinese

		water; river	immortal
simp. and trad. (水仙)		水	仙
alternative forms		水僊／水仙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): seoi² sin¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui² lhen¹

• Min Dong (BUC): cūi-siĕng
• Min Nan (POJ): chúi-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisian
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-hsien¹
    • Yale: shwěi-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishian
    • Palladius: шуйсянь (šujsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² sin¹
    • Yale: séui sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sui² lhen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵⁵ ɬen³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cūi-siĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lieŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuysiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

水仙

1. paperwhite; Chinese sacred lily (Narcissus tazetta)
2. (～屬) narcissus (any of several bulbous flowering plants of the genus Narcissus)
3. (～茶) Shui Hsien tea (a kind of oolong tea)

   唔該，一壺水仙、一壺滾水。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔该，一壶水仙、一壶滚水。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ goi¹, jat¹ wu⁴ seoi² sin¹, jat¹ wu⁴ gwan² seoi². [Jyutping]

   May I have a pot of Shui Hsien and a pot of hot water?

Derived terms

喇叭水仙 (lǎba shuǐxiān) 洋水仙 秋水仙素 (qiūshuǐxiānsù)

水仙不開花／水仙不开花 黃水仙／黄水仙 (huángshuǐxiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水仙):

• → Japanese: 水(すい)仙(せん) (suisen)
• → Korean: 수선(水仙) (suseon)
• → Vietnamese: thuỷ tiên (水仙)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	仙
すい Grade: 1	せん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 水仙.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) すいせん [sùíséń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) す​いせん [súꜜìsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝisẽ̞ɴ]

• Homophones: 水泉, 水洗, 水栓, 水戦, 水線, 水繊, 水煎, 水蟾, 垂線, 推選, 推遷, 推薦

Noun

水(すい)仙(せん) • (suisen) 

1. narcissus (any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus)

Derived terms

• 日(ニ)本(ホン)水(ズイ)仙(セン) (Nihonzuisen, “bunch-flowered narcissus”)
• 喇(ラッ)叭(パ)水(スイ)仙(セン) (rappa suisen, “wild daffodil”)
• 黄(キ)水(ズイ)仙(セン) (kizuisen, “jonquil”)
• 口(クチ)紅(ベニ)水(ズイ)仙(セン) (kuchibenizuisen, “poet's narcissus”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.