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神仙

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Chinese

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

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Note: Jieyang.

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
Baxter zyin sjen
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/ /si̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shén xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
san4 sin1

Noun

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神仙

  1. (Chinese mythology, Taoism) immortals; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being
    神仙神仙  ―  shénxiān zhuàn  ―  Shenxian Zhuan

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (神仙):

Japanese

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 3
せん
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
神仙 (kyūjitai)
神僊

From Middle Chinese 神仙 (MC zyin sjen).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 神仙 on Japanese Wikipedia

(しん)(せん) (shinsen

  1. supernatural, celestial or divine being; an immortal
  2. (music) the 11th note in the Japanese chromatic scale, close to Western C
    Hypernym: 十二律 (jūniritsu)
    Coordinate terms: 壱越, 断金, 平調, 勝絶, 下無, 双調, 鳧鐘, 黄鐘, 鸞鏡, 盤渉, 神仙, 上無

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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神仙 (sinseon) (hangeul 신선)

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

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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神仙

  1. chữ Hán form of thần tiên (immortals, celestial beings or heavenly beings, divine immortals).