神仙

Chinese

 
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
immortal
simp. and trad.
(神仙)
variant forms 神僊

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (27) (16)
Final () (43) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʑiɪn/ /siᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʑin/ /siɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʑjen/ /sjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʑin/ /sian/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʑiĕn/ /siɛn/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʑĭĕn/ /sĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/ /si̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shén xiān

Noun

神仙

  1. (Chinese mythology, Taoism) immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being
    神仙 / 神仙   shénxiān zhuàn   Shenxian Zhuan

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 大羅神仙大罗神仙
  • 活神仙
  • 神仙一把抓
  • 神仙中人 (shénxiānzhōngrén)
  • 神仙思想
  • 神仙水 (shénxiānshuǐ)
  • 神仙眷屬神仙眷属
  • 神仙魚神仙鱼
  • 要作神仙眷屬,先作柴米夫妻要作神仙眷属,先作柴米夫妻
  • 陸地神仙陆地神仙
  • 飄若神仙飘若神仙

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (神仙):

Japanese

Alternative forms

  • 神僊

Etymology

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 3
せん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 神仙 (MC ʑiɪn siᴇn).

Pronunciation

Noun

神仙 (hiragana しんせん, rōmaji shinsen)

  1. supernatural, celestial or divine being; an immortal

Derived terms

  •  (しん) (せん) () (そう) (shinsenshisō, ancient Chinese folk belief in the existence of mountain wizards)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

神仙 (sinseon) (hangeul 신선)

  1. Hanja form? of 신선 (celestial or divine being; an immortal).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

神仙

  1. Hán tự form of thần tiên (celestial or divine being; an immortal).
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