Thủy tiên tôn vương

Chinese

		water	immortal(person)	honorable revered	king(s)
trad.(Thủy tiên tôn vương)		Thủy	Tiên	Tôn	Vương
simp.#(Thủy tiên tôn vương)		Thủy	Tiên	Tôn	Vương

Etymology

As a quintet, thought to derive from a misunderstanding ofWu Zixu's surnameNgũ(Wǔ) as indicating a form of the number fiveNgũ(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-hsien¹Tsun¹-wang²
    • Yale:Shwěi-syān Dzwūn-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh:Shoeishian Tzuenwang
    • Palladius:Шуйсянь Цзуньван(Šujsjanʹ Czunʹvan)
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

Thủy tiên tôn vương

1. (religion)TheKingof theWaterImmortals,usuallyreckonedas aformofYu the Great.
2. (religion)TheKingsof theWaterImmortals,usuallyreckonedasincludingYu the Great,Qu Yuan,Wu Zixu,Xiang Yu,andLu BanorHan Zhuo'ssonAo.