水仙尊王

Chinese

		water	immortal (person)	honorable revered	king(s)
trad. (水仙尊王)		水	仙	尊	王
simp. #(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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shuǐxiān Zūnwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shuěisian Zunwáng
    • Wade–Giles: Shui³-hsien¹ Tsun¹-wang²
    • Yale: Shwěi-syān Dzwūn-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shoeishian Tzuenwang
    • Palladius: Шуйсянь Цзуньван (Šujsjanʹ Czunʹvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/

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.