八仙

Chinese

		eight	immortal
simp. and trad. (八仙)		八	仙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ sin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-siên
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pat-sian

(Teochew, Peng'im): boih⁴ siêng¹ / boih⁴ siang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: bāxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄒㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ba1shian
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    八仙
    巴仙
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baat³ sin¹
  - Yale: baat sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bad³ xin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑːt̚³ siːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: bad` xien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ xian¹
  - IPA: /pat̚² ɕi̯en²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-sian
  - Tâi-lô: pat-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: patsiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pat̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: boih⁴ siêng¹ / boih⁴ siang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: poih sieng / poih siang
  - IPA ^(key): /poiʔ²⁻⁴ sieŋ³³/, /poiʔ²⁻⁴ siaŋ³³/

Noun

八仙

(Chinese mythology) Eight Immortals

Derived terms

八仙山
八仙桌 (bāxiānzhuō)
八仙桌上擺夜壺／八仙桌上摆夜壶
八仙花

八仙過海／八仙过海
八仙過海，各顯神通／八仙过海，各显神通 (bāxiānguòhǎi, gèxiǎnshéntōng)
酒八仙人

Descendants

→ Thai: โป๊ยเซียน (bpóoi-siian)

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