天仙

天仙

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	immortal
simp. and trad. (天仙)		天	仙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ sin¹
• Min Nan (POJ): thian-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ sin¹
    • Yale: tīn sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sian
    • Tâi-lô: thian-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensiefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ ɕiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

天仙

1. (Chinese mythology) goddess

   美若天仙  ―  měiruòtiānxiān  ―  pretty as a fairy

2. (figuratively) beautiful young maiden; beauty

Derived terms

天仙子 (tiānxiānzǐ) 天仙聖母／天仙圣母

玉天仙 美若天仙