水仙
cūi-siĕng1.paperwhite; Chinese sacred lily (Narcissus tazetta species)
2.屬 narcissus any of several bulbous flowering plants of the genus Narcissus
3.茶 Shui Hsien tea a kind of oolong tea
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Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0): en.wiktionary.org/wiki/水仙. Mandarin: shuǐxiān.
Related words
- 水cūi
水 cūi
water
- 上水suông-cuōi
上水 suông-cuōi
- 1. to add water (to a kettle, field, etc.)
- 2. to sail against the current
- 3. to feed water to a steam engine or radiator (of a car, ship, etc.)
- 4. to sprinkle water on vegetables or fruit
- and 2 more
- 仙遊siĕng-iù
仙遊 siĕng-iù
(euphemistic) to die; to pass away
- 仙鶴siĕng-hŏk
仙鶴 siĕng-hŏk
- 1. (Chinese mythology) crane that is raised and ridden by an immortal
- 2. red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis species)
- 八仙báik-siĕng
八仙 báik-siĕng
- 1. (Chinese mythology) Eight Immortals
- 2. 八仙桌
- 凍水dáe̤ng-cūi
凍水 dáe̤ng-cūi
cold water
- 半仙buáng-siĕng
半仙 buáng-siĕng
- 1. shaman, fortuneteller, or similar practitioner believed or claiming to possess near-supernatural powers, sometimes viewed as a charlatan
- 2. (by extension) someone who talks mysteriously or nonsensically, lacking common sense, behaving rashly, or even mentally unstable
- 3. (Xiamen) fortuneteller complimentary term of address
- 外水nguôi-cūi
外水 nguôi-cūi
extra money earned on the side