仙界

Chinese

		immortal	boundary; scope; extent boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)
simp. and trad. (仙界)		仙	界

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianjiè
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-chieh⁴
    • Yale: syān-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianjieh
    • Palladius: сяньцзе (sjanʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ gaai³
    • Yale: sīn gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ kaːi̯³³/

Noun

仙界

1. world of the immortals; fairyland; cloud nine

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仙	界
せん Grade: S	かい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 仙 (“sage, hermit”) +‎ 界 (“world”), ultimately from Chinese 仙 (xiān, “immortal”) + 界 (jiè, “world”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ŋka̠i]

Noun

仙(せん)界(かい) • (senkai) 

1. a secluded place

Korean

Hanja in this term
仙	界

Noun

仙界 • (seon'gye) (hangeul 선계)

1. Hanja form^? of 선계.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
仙	界

Noun

仙界

1. chữ Hán form of tiên giới.