神仙

神仙

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	immortal
simp. and trad. (神仙)		神	仙
variant forms		神僊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ sin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-siên
• Min Bei (KCR): sěng-síng
• Min Nan (POJ): sîn-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shénxiān → shénxian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ → ㄕㄣˊ ˙ㄒㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shern.shian
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ → /ʂən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ sin¹
    • Yale: sàhn sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ xin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ siːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-siên
    • Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ xien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² xian¹
    • IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ɕi̯en²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sěng-síng
    • IPA ^(key): /seiŋ²¹ siŋ⁵⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-sian
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕin²⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕin²⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin¹³⁻²² ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕin²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕin²³⁻³³ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʑiɪn  siᴇn/▼

Rime
Character	神	仙
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	食鄰切	相然切
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/	/si̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shén	xiān

Noun

神仙

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

   神仙傳 / 神仙传  ―  shénxiān zhuàn  ―  Shenxian Zhuan

Synonyms

• 仙人 (xiānrén)

Derived terms

大羅神仙／大罗神仙 活神仙 神仙一把抓 神仙中人 (shénxiānzhōngrén) 神仙思想 神仙水 (shénxiānshuǐ)

神仙眷屬／神仙眷属 神仙魚／神仙鱼 要作神仙眷屬，先作柴米夫妻／要作神仙眷属，先作柴米夫妻 陸地神仙／陆地神仙 飄若神仙／飘若神仙

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (神仙):

• → Japanese: 神 (しん)仙 (せん) (shinsen)
• → Korean: 신선 (神仙, sinseon)
• → Vietnamese: thần tiên (神仙)

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 神僊

Etymology

Kanji in this term
神	仙
しん Grade: 3	せん Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 神仙 (MC ʑiɪn siᴇn).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しんせん [shìńséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

神仙 (hiragana しんせん, rōmaji shinsen)

1. supernatural, celestial or divine being; an immortal

Derived terms

• 神 (しん)仙 (せん)思 (し)想 (そう) (shinsenshisō, “ancient Chinese folk belief in the existence of mountain wizards”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
神	仙

Noun

神仙 • (sinseon) (hangeul 신선)

1. Hanja form^? of 신선 (“celestial or divine being; an immortal”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
神	仙

Noun

神仙

1. Hán tự form of thần tiên (“celestial or divine being; an immortal”).