仙人跳

Chinese

		immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being	jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat
simp. and trad. (仙人跳)		仙人	跳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānréntiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jan⁴ tiu³
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹shi-gnin₆-thiau₅ / ¹sie-gnin₂-thiau₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānréntiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianréntiào
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-jên²-tʻiao⁴
    • Yale: syān-rén-tyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianrentiaw
    • Palladius: сяньжэньтяо (sjanʹžɛnʹtjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ jan⁴ tiu³
    • Yale: sīn yàhn tiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ jan⁴ tiu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ yen⁴ tiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ tʰiːu̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-gnin₆-thiau₅
    • MiniDict: shi^平 nyin^去 thiau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-nyin₃-thiau₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ n̠ʲin³³ tʰiɔ²¹/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹sie-gnin₂-thiau₅
    • MiniDict: sie^平 nyin^平 thiau^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sɪ⁴⁴ n̠ʲin⁴⁴ tʰiæ/

Noun

仙人跳

1. (informal) seducing someone (usually a man) into sex and then blackmailing the person by accusing them of prostitution, adultery, statutory rape, etc. Similar in concept to badger game.