水仙尊王

水仙尊王

Chinese

		water	immortal (person)	honorable revered	king(s)
simp. and trad. (水仙尊王)		水	仙	尊	王

Etymology

As a quintet, thought to derive from a misunderstanding of Wu Zixu's surname 伍 (Wǔ) as indicating a form of the number five 五 (wǔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shuǐxiān Zūnwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄨㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Shuǐxiān Zūnwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shoeishian Tzuenwang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ u̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

水仙尊王

1. (religion) The King of the Water Immortals, usually reckoned as a form of Yu the Great.
2. (religion) The Kings of the Water Immortals, usually reckoned as including Yu the Great, Qu Yuan, Wu Zixu, Xiang Yu, and Lu Ban or Han Zhuo's son Ao.