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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānkèlái
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄞˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiankehlai
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siankèlái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ haak³ loi⁴
  - Yale: sīn haak lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ haak⁸ loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ hag³ loi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ häːk̚³ lɔːy̯²¹/

Noun

仙客來

cyclamen

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