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仙人掌

仙人掌

Chinese

immortal palm (of hand); in charge of
simp. and trad.
(仙人掌) 		仙人 掌
Literally: “immortal man's palm”.
Cactus.

Noun

仙人掌

  1. cactus

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仙 人 掌
Grade: S Grade: 1 Grade: S

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saboteɴ/

Alternative forms

  • シャボテン (shaboten)

Etymology

From Portuguese sabão (soap) + 手 (te, hand).

Noun

仙人掌 ‎(hiragana さぼてん, katakana サボテン, romaji saboten)

  1. cactus

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Gan
    • (Nanchang)
      • Wiktionary: xien1 liin zong3
      • IPA (key): /ɕiɛn⁴² lɨn² t͡sɔŋ²¹³/
  • Hakka
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-jîn-chiáng / sian-jîn-chióng / sian-lîn-chióng
      • Tâi-lô: sian-jîn-tsiáng / sian-jîn-tsióng / sian-lîn-tsióng
      • Phofsit Daibuun: sienjinciarng, sienjinciorng, sienlinciorng
      • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiaŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /ɕiɛn³³ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /ɕiɛn³³ lin²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lin¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
      • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡ʑin²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiaŋ⁴¹/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡ʑin²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/, /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: sian1 ren2 zhan3
      • IPA (key) (old-style): /siæn³³ ʐən¹³ t͡ʂan⁴¹/
      • IPA (key) (new-style): /ɕiæn³³ ʐən¹³ t͡san⁴¹/

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