水仙

Chinese

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi² sin¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sui² lhen¹
Eastern Min (BUC): cūi-siĕng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-sian
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-shi

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): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cūi-siĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lieŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-sian
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuysiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-shi
  - MiniDict: sy^去 shi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

水仙

paperwhite; Chinese sacred lily (Narcissus tazetta)
(～屬) narcissus (any of several bulbous flowering plants of the genus Narcissus)
(～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?

Sino-Xenic (水仙):

From Chinese 水仙 (shuǐxiān).

水(すい)仙(せん) or 水仙(スイセン) • (suisen)

narcissus (any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus)
Synonyms: 雅客 (gakaku), 雪中花 (secchūka)
(particularly) synonym of 日本水仙 (Nihon-zuisen, “bunch-flowered narcissus, Narcissus tazetta”)

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