甲仙

Chinese

		1st heavenly stem; armour; shell	immortal
simp. and trad. (甲仙)		甲	仙

Etymology

From the combination of Hokkien 傀儡 (ka-lé) (substituting homophonous 甲 (ka) for 傀 (ka)) and 楠梓仙溪 (as the character 仙) in 1920.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Jiǎxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ sin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kah-sian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǎsian
  - Wade–Giles: Chia³-hsien¹
  - Yale: Jyǎ-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeashian
  - Palladius: Цзясянь (Czjasjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaap³ sin¹
  - Yale: gaap sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gab³ xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ siːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kah-sian
  - Tâi-lô: Kah-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kahsiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka(ʔ)⁵ siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ siɛn⁴⁴/

Proper noun

甲仙

(～區) Jiasian, Chiahsien (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
- 盛產芋頭的甲仙，其貧瘠土壤下蘊藏多種化石，還有平埔文化保存在山間。 [MSC, trad.]
  盛产芋头的甲仙，其贫瘠土壤下蕴藏多种化石，还有平埔文化保存在山间。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2005, 台灣鄉鎮之美 Taiwan Town and Country, →ISBN, →OCLC, p.156
  Shèngchǎn yùtou de Jiǎxiān, qí pínjí tǔrǎng xià yùncáng duōzhǒng huàshí, háiyǒu Píngpǔ wénhuà bǎocún zài shān jiān. [Pinyin]
  In Jiasian, which grows a lot of taro, fossils lie buried in the poor quality soil, and some Pingpu Aboriginal culture still survives.

Descendants

→ English: Chiahsien, Jiasian, Jiaxian

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