仙人

仙人

Chinese

		immortal	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (仙人)		仙	人
alternative forms		僊人／仙人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-ngìn
• Min Nan (POJ): sian-jîn / sian-lîn / sian-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianrén
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-jên²
    • Yale: syān-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianren
    • Palladius: сяньжэнь (sjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 仙人 先人

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: sin¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: sīn yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 仙人 先人

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien´ nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴ ɲin¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: sian-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: sian-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: sian-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sienlaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

仙人

1. (Chinese mythology) immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being

   仙人下凡  ―  xiānrén xiàfán  ―  a celestial being descends into the mortal world

2. (dialectal Hakka) beggar
3. (Ningbo Wu, anatomy) pupil
4. (modern day) Taoist saint; ascension; enlightened one

Synonyms

• (immortal): 神仙 (shénxiān)

Dialectal synonyms of 乞丐 (“beggar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		乞人, 乞丐, 乞兒／乞儿, 丐者, 丐
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乞丐
Mandarin	Beijing	要飯的／要饭的, 要飯兒的／要饭儿的, 老花子, 叫花子, 看街的, 抱火盆兒的／抱火盆儿的
	Taiwan	乞丐
	Langfang	要飯的／要饭的
	Tangshan	花子
	Cangzhou	要飯的／要饭的
	Baoding	要飯的／要饭的
	Shijiazhuang	要飯的／要饭的
	Daming	要飯吃哩／要饭吃哩
	Ulanhot	要飯的／要饭的, 要飯花子／要饭花子
	Tongliao	要飯的／要饭的
	Chifeng	要飯的／要饭的
	Bayanhot	討吃／讨吃, 要飯的／要饭的
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	要飯的／要饭的
	Harbin	叫花子, 要飯花子／要饭花子
	Yantai (Muping)	要飯兒的／要饭儿的, 叫花子, 要飯的／要饭的, 花子
	Jinan	要飯的／要饭的, 叫花子
	Luoyang	叫花子, 要飯吃的／要饭吃的, 靠門傍子／靠门傍子
	Wanrong	要飯的／要饭的, 尋饃的／寻馍的
	Zhengzhou	要飯哩／要饭哩
	Xi'an	要飯的／要饭的, 叫花子
	Yinchuan	討吃／讨吃
	Lanzhou	要飯的／要饭的, 要要吃
	Xining	尋口／寻口, 要饃饃的／要馍馍的
	Ürümqi	要飯的／要饭的
	Wuhan	告花子, 花子, 討飯的／讨饭的, 要飯的／要饭的, 乞丐, 討米的／讨米的, 睡門樓的／睡门楼的
	Huanggang	告殼子／告壳子
	Chengdu	叫花子, 討口子／讨口子
	Guiyang	叫化子
	Kunming	花子, 叫花子, 要飯的／要饭的
	Liuzhou	討飯佬／讨饭佬, 叫化子, 叫化
	Xuzhou	要飯的／要饭的
	Yangzhou	花子, 要飯花子／要饭花子, 要飯的／要饭的, 告花子
	Xinghua	花子, 要飯的／要饭的, 討飯的／讨饭的
	Nanjing	花子, 要飯花子／要饭花子, 要飯的／要饭的
	Hefei	要飯的／要饭的, 叫花子
	Nantong	告花子, 討飯子／讨饭子
	Changle (Qinjiang)	化子
	Yanping	叫化子
	Singapore	乞丐
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	抄花子, 討吃／讨吃, 要乜貼的／要乜贴的, 要的吃的
	Dagudi (Maliba)	叫花子
	Reshuitang (Longling)	要飯人／要饭人
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	叫花子, 討飯人／讨饭人
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	要飯的／要饭的, 叫花子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乞兒／乞儿
	Hong Kong	乞兒／乞儿
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	乞兒／乞儿
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	乞兒／乞儿, 乞兒佬／乞儿佬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
	Macau	乞兒／乞儿
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	乞兒／乞儿
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	乞兒／乞儿
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	乞兒／乞儿
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young
	Foshan	乞兒／乞儿
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	乞兒／乞儿
	Foshan (Shunde)	乞兒／乞儿
	Foshan (Sanshui)	乞兒／乞儿
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	乞兒／乞儿
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	乞兒／乞儿
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	乞兒／乞儿
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	乞兒／乞儿
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	乞耳
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	乞兒／乞儿
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	乞兒／乞儿
	Taishan	乞米仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	乞米仔
	Enping (Niujiang)	乞米仔
	Heshan (Yayao)	乞兒／乞儿
	Dongguan	乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	乞兒／乞儿
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
	Qingyuan	乞兒／乞儿
	Fogang	乞兒／乞儿
	Yingde (Hanguang)	架化佬
	Yangshan	乞吃佬
	Lianshan (Butian)	狗化佬
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	叫化佬
	Shaoguan	乞兒／乞儿
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	乞兒／乞儿
	Renhua	乞兒／乞儿, 乞兒佬／乞儿佬
	Lechang	乞兒／乞儿
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	乞兒／乞儿
	Sihui	乞兒佬／乞儿佬
	Guangning	乞兒／乞儿
	Deqing	乞兒／乞儿
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	乞吃
	Yunfu	乞兒／乞儿
	Xinxing	乞兒／乞儿
	Luoding	乞兒／乞儿
	Yunan (Pingtai)	乞兒／乞儿
	Yangjiang	乞兒／乞儿, 乞米佬 male, 乞米婆 female
	Xinyi	乞兒／乞儿
	Maoming (Xinpo)	乞兒／乞儿
	Lianjiang	乞兒／乞儿
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	乞兒／乞儿, 乞兒佬／乞儿佬 male, 乞兒婆／乞儿婆 female
	Nanning	乞兒／乞儿
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	覓吃佬／觅吃佬
	Beihai	乞食佬
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	乞兒／乞儿
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	乞兒／乞儿
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	乞兒／乞儿
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	乞兒／乞儿
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	乞兒／乞儿
	Móng Cái	乞兒／乞儿
Gan	Nanchang	告化子, 討飯個／讨饭个
	Pengze	討飯個／讨饭个
	Lichuan	告化子, 乞兒／乞儿
	Pingxiang	告化子, 花子, 討米個／讨米个
Hakka	Meixian	告化仔, 討食個／讨食个
	Xingning	告化哩
	Fengshun (Liuhuang)	乞食
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	攞食／𫽋食, 攞食佬／𫽋食佬 male, 攞食婆／𫽋食婆 female, 攞食仔／𫽋食仔 young
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	攞食／𫽋食
	Huiyang	攞食／𫽋食
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	攞食仔／𫽋食仔
	Huidong (Daling)	攞食／𫽋食
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬 male, 攞食婆／𫽋食婆 female, 攞食仔／𫽋食仔 young
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	乞食佬, 攞食／𫽋食
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
	Boluo (Bendihua)	攞食伊／𫽋食伊, 攞食佬／𫽋食佬
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬 male, 攞食婆／𫽋食婆 female, 攞食仔／𫽋食仔 young
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	乞兒／乞儿
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	酌食哩, 乞丐
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	告化哩, 酌食個／酌食个, 絡食個／络食个
	Wuhua (Changbu)	告化哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	絡食哩／络食哩
	Wuhua (Meilin)	絡食哩／络食哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	攞食的／𫽋食的, 攞食／𫽋食
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	告化佬
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	攞食哎／𫽋食哎
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	告化
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	攞食／𫽋食
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	叫化
	Wengyuan	討食佬／讨食佬
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	告化子
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	叫化
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	狗化公
	Liannan	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
	Conghua (Lütian)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
	Jiexi	乞食
	Luhe	乞食
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	乞食
	Changting	告化子, 告化
	Wuping	告化
	Wuping (Yanqian)	討食告化／讨食告化
	Wuping (Pingyu)	告化
	Ninghua	乞食
	Yudu	告化子
	Ningdu	教化
	Ruijin	告化
	Shicheng	告化
	Shangyou (Shexi)	告化子
	Tonggu (Sandu)	教化子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	教化子
	Dayu	討飯佬／讨饭佬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	乞食仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	乞食仔, 教化仔, 打幫仔／打帮仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	乞食仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	乞食, 仙人
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	乞食仔, 乞食
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	乞食
	Hong Kong	攞食佬／𫽋食佬, 乞兒／乞儿
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	丐米佬
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	丐食
	Xinyi (Sihe)	乞兒／乞儿
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	乞兒／乞儿
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	乞兒佬／乞儿佬
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	乞食佬
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	乞兒／乞儿
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	乞食佬
Lianjiang (Qingping)	乞食佬
Mengshan (Xihe)	乞兒／乞儿
Luchuan	乞食佬
Sabah (Longchuan)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
Senai (Huiyang)	攞食佬／𫽋食佬
Singkawang	乞食
Huizhou	Jixi	討飯仂／讨饭仂, 討飯佬／讨饭佬 humorous, 討飯鬼／讨饭鬼 derogatory
	Shexian	討飯唉／讨饭唉
	Tunxi	丐食, 討飯個／讨饭个
	Xiuning	丐食, 討飯仂／讨饭仂
	Yixian	討飯漢／讨饭汉
	Qimen	討飯個／讨饭个
	Wuyuan	討飯個／讨饭个, 討飯仂／讨饭仂
Jin	Taiyuan	討吃吃／讨吃吃, 討吃子／讨吃子, 要飯的／要饭的, 叫花子
	Pingyao	叫花子
	Xinzhou	討吃子／讨吃子, 要窩窩哩／要窝窝哩
	Taibus (Baochang)	要飯的／要饭的
	Linhe	討吃子／讨吃子
	Jining	討吃子／讨吃子
	Hohhot	討吃子／讨吃子
	Baotou	討吃子／讨吃子
	Dongsheng	討吃子／讨吃子
	Haibowan	討吃子／讨吃子
	Zhangjiakou	乞丐
	Handan	要飯哩／要饭哩
Min Bei	Jian'ou	化食
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	化食
	Songxi	化食
	Zhenghe	化食
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	化食
	Jianyang	化食
	Wuyishan	討飯／讨饭
	Pucheng (Shibei)	化食
Min Dong	Fuzhou	乞食
	Changle	乞食
	Fuqing	乞食
	Yongtai	乞食
	Gutian	乞食
	Pingnan	乞食
	Fu'an	乞食
	Ningde	乞食
	Shouning	乞食
	Zhouning	乞食
	Fuding	乞食
	Matsu	乞食
Min Nan	Xiamen	乞食
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	乞食
	Quanzhou	乞食
	Jinjiang	乞食, 分米的, 分食的
	Hui'an	乞食
	Yongchun	乞食
	Zhangzhou	乞食
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	乞食
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	乞食
	Zhangpu	乞食
	Zhao'an	乞食
	Dongshan	乞食
	Taipei	乞食
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	乞食
	Kaohsiung	乞食
	Yilan	乞食
	Changhua (Lukang)	乞食
	Taichung	乞食
	Tainan	乞食
	Hsinchu	乞食
	Kinmen	乞食
	Penghu (Magong)	乞食
	Penang (Hokkien)	乞食, 乞食仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	乞食
	Manila (Hokkien)	乞食
	Longyan	乞食
	Zhangping	乞食
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	乞食
	Datian	乞食
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	乞兒／乞儿
	Chaozhou	乞食
	Shantou	乞食
	Shantou (Chenghai)	乞食
	Jieyang	乞食
	Haifeng	乞食
	Fengshun (Liuhuang)	乞食
	Bangkok (Teochew)	乞食
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	乞食
	Leizhou	乞食
	Wenchang	乞達／乞达
	Haikou	乞達／乞达
	Qionghai	乞達／乞达
Puxian Min	Putian	乞食
	Xianyou	乞食
	Fuding (Aoyao)	乞食
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	乞兒／乞儿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	救化子, 乞兒／乞儿
Wu	Shanghai	告花子, 癟三／瘪三
	Shanghai (Chongming)	掛花子／挂花子
	Suzhou	告花子, 癟三／瘪三
	Danyang	告花子, 告花嫚嫚
	Hangzhou	叫花子, 討飯子／讨饭子
	Ningbo	告花子, 討飯／讨饭
	Wenzhou	丐兒／丐儿, 討飯丐兒／讨饭丐儿, 討飯人／讨饭人, 取米丐兒／取米丐儿, 取米個／取米个
	Jinhua	討飯／讨饭
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	討飯老丐兒／讨饭老丐儿
Xiang	Changsha	告化子, 討飯的／讨饭的
	Xiangtan	告化子
	Loudi	叫化子, 叫化
	Shuangfeng	告化子
	Quanzhou	乞丐

Dialectal synonyms of 瞳孔 (“pupil (of the eye)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		眸子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瞳孔
Mandarin	Beijing	瞳人兒／瞳人儿
	Taiwan	瞳孔
	Harbin	眼人兒／眼人儿
	Jinan	瞳人兒／瞳人儿
	Luoyang	瞳人兒／瞳人儿
	Xi'an	瞳人兒／瞳人儿
	Xining	眼娃娃
	Ürümqi	眼仁子
	Wuhan	瞳人
	Chengdu	瞳孔, 瞳人
	Guiyang	瞳人
	Liuzhou	瞳人
	Xuzhou	瞳人兒／瞳人儿
	Yangzhou	瞳人子
	Nanjing	瞳人兒／瞳人儿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼公仔, 瞳人
	Hong Kong	瞳孔
	Dongguan	眼公
Gan	Nanchang	瞳人
	Lichuan	瞳人
Hakka	Yudu	瞳仁, 烏眼仁子／乌眼仁子
Huizhou	Jixi	仙人頭／仙人头
Jin	Taiyuan	瞳孔, 黑眼仁兒／黑眼仁儿, 眼睛仁仁
	Xinzhou	瞳人兒／瞳人儿, 眼睛仁子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	瞳人, 烏珠／乌珠
Min Dong	Fuzhou	瞳子
Min Nan	Xiamen	尪仔頭／尪仔头
	Zhangzhou	尪仔仁
	Taipei (Wanhua)	烏仁／乌仁
	Kaohsiung	烏仁／乌仁
	Yilan	烏仁／乌仁
	Changhua (Lukang)	烏仁／乌仁
	Taichung	烏仁／乌仁
	Taichung (Wuqi)	烏仁／乌仁
	Tainan	尪仔頭／尪仔头
	Taitung	尪仔
	Hsinchu	烏仁／乌仁
	Penghu (Magong)	目睭尪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	眼瞳
Wu	Shanghai	眼仙人, 瞳孔
	Shanghai (Chongming)	仙人烏子／仙人乌子
	Suzhou	眼仙人
	Danyang	眼孔
	Hangzhou	瞳人兒／瞳人儿
	Ningbo	仙人, 瞳孔
	Wenzhou	瞳人, 仙人頭／仙人头
	Jinhua	瞳人
Xiang	Changsha	瞳人
	Loudi	瞳子

Derived terms

仙人扇 (xiānrénshàn) 仙人掌 (xiānrénzhǎng) 仙人渡 (Xiānréndù)

仙人球 (xiānrénqiú) 仙人拍鼓有時錯，跤步踏差啥人無／仙人拍鼓有时错，跤步踏差啥人无 (sian-jîn phah kó͘ iú sî chhò, kha-pō͘ ta̍h-chha siáⁿ-lâng bô) (Min Nan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
仙	人
せん Grade: S	にん Grade: 1

Etymology

From sen (仙, supernatural being, hermit) + nin (人, human being).

Noun

仙(せん)人(にん) • (sennin) 

1. (Taoism) immortal mountain fairy or wizard.
2. hermit, unworldly person, mountain man.
3. one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men.

Synonyms

• 隠者(いんじゃ) (inja)
• 聖人(せいじん) (seijin)
• 神人(じにん) (jinin)