仙女

Chinese

		immortal	female; woman; daughter
trad. (仙女)		仙	女
simp. #(仙女)		仙	女

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄋㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ neoi^5-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-lír / sian-lú / sian-lí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siannyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-nü³
    • Yale: syān-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianneu
    • Palladius: сяньнюй (sjanʹnjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānnǚr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄋㄩˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siannyǔr
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-nü³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syān-nyǔr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianneuel
    • Palladius: сяньнюйр (sjanʹnjujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nyə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ neoi^5-2
    • Yale: sīn néui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ noey^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ nêu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lír
    • Tâi-lô: sian-lír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lú
    • Tâi-lô: sian-lú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienluo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lí
    • Tâi-lô: sian-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienlie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 仙女

1. (mythology) fairy; celestial maiden

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 仙女

1. (～鎮) Xiannü (a town in Zhijiang, Yichang, Hubei, China)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
仙	女
せん Grade: S	にょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  仙女 (xiānnǚ).

Noun

仙(せん)女(にょ) • (sennyo) 

1. a nymph
2. a fay; a fairy or female elf
3. a female sage

Synonyms

• (nymph): ニンフ (ninfu)
• (fairy): 妖精(ようせい) (yōsei)

See also

• 仙女 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
仙	女
せん Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  仙女 (xiānnǚ).

Noun

仙(せん)女(じょ) • (senjo) ^{←せんぢよ (sendyo)?}

1. a nymph
2. a fay; a fairy or female elf
3. a female sage