仙 xiān

1. xiān noun an immortal
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mythology
   Notes: A celestial being, especially a Taoist immortal (Guoyu '仙' n 1; Kroll 2015 '仙' 1, p. 492; NCCED '仙' 1, p. 1750; Unihan '仙'; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1465; XHZD '仙', p. 811; Yu, Anthony C. tr. 2012, ”The Journey to the West”, p. 116, ch. 2)
2. xiān adjective transcendent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Of celestial beauty of character (Guoyu '仙' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '仙' 1a, p. 492; Unihan '仙')
3. xiān adjective floating; ascending
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '仙' 2, p. 492)
4. xiān noun a master; someone exceeding at a skill
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 剑仙 master swordsman (Guoyu '仙' n 2; NCCED '仙' 2, p. 1750)
5. xiān proper noun Xian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '仙' n 3)
6. xiān adjective celestial
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 神仙的 (Guoyu '仙' adj 1)
7. xiān adverb deceased
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A polite term (Guoyu '仙' adv)

Contained in

• 中华仙鹟(中華仙鶲) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)
• 凤仙花(鳳仙花) balsam; Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina); touch-me-not; busy Lizzie
• 淡颏仙鹟(淡頦仙鶲) pale-chinned flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys)
• 白尾蓝仙鹟(白尾藍仙鶲) white-tailed flycatcher (Cyornis concretus)
• 侏蓝仙鹟(侏藍仙鶲) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni)
• 仙客来(仙客來) cyclamen
• 仙茅 golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides); Curculigo rhizome (used in TCM)
• 修炼成仙(修煉成仙) to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal; practice makes perfect
• 箕仙 to communicate with a spirit
• 八仙桌 old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
• 仙后座 Cassiopeia
• 仙方 prescription of elixir; potion of immortality; potion prescribed by an immortal
• 何仙姑 He Xiangu
• 水仙花 daffodil; narcissus
• 谪仙(謫仙) to banish from Heaven
• 张仙(張仙) Zhang Xian
• 欲仙欲死(慾仙慾死) to wish one were dead; to be in seventh heaven
• 神仙方术(神仙方術) arts for becoming immortal
• 仙岛(仙島) island of the immortals
• 武仙座 Hercules
• 海南蓝仙鹟(海南藍仙鶲) Hainan blue flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)
• 登仙 to become immortal; big promotion; die
• 仙童 elf; leprechaun
• 仙女星系 Andromeda galaxy M31
• 仙子 fairy
• 秋水仙 autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale); meadow saffron
• 夜神仙 night owl; late sleeper
• 水仙 daffodil ; legendary aquatic immortal
• 天仙 an immortal; a deity; a fairy; a goddess
• 仙去 to become an immortal; to die
• 喇叭水仙 daffodil
• 仙八色鸫(仙八色鶇) fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)
• 仙人跳 sage's trap
• 英仙座 Perseus
• 仙女星座 Andromeda constellation (galaxy) M31
• 仙人掌果 prickly pear
• 蓬莱仙境(蓬萊仙境) Penglai, island of immortals; fairyland
• 棕腹仙鹟(棕腹仙鶲) rufous-bellied niltava (Niltava sundara)
• 笔仙(筆仙) a form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a sheet of paper and invite a spirit to write answers to their questions
• 仙乐(仙樂) heavenly music
• 天仙子 henbane; black henbane; stinking nightshade
• 仙王座 Cepheus
• 棕腹大仙鹟(棕腹大仙鶲) Fujian niltava (Niltava davidi)

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哈仙达岗 、 王仙芝 、 游仙 、 七大仙 、 黄大仙 、 仙居县 、 苏仙区 、 甲仙乡

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• 卷一百十八　列傳第五十六:　苗道潤 王福 移剌眾家奴 武仙 張甫+張進 靖安民 郭文振 胡天作 張開 燕寧 Volume 118 Biographies 56: Miao Daorun, Wang Fu, Yilazhongjianu, Wu Xian, Zhang Fuzhangjin, Jing Anmin, Guo Wenzhen, Hu Tianzuo, Zhang Kai, Yan Ning History of Jin 金史 — count: 77
• 卷一百〇四 列傳第五十四: 高仙芝 封常清 哥舒翰 Volume 104 Biographies 54: Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, Ge Shuhan Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 70
• 第四十回 Chapter 40 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 67
• 卷一百三十五　　列傳第六十　　　　　哥舒翰子:曜　高仙芝　封常清 Volume 135 Biographies 60: Ge Shu Han and son: Yao, Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 55
• 第三十九回 Chapter 39 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 46
• 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 45
• 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 44
• 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 37
• 卷四百四十八 列傳第二百〇七 忠義三 曾怘從弟:悟 劉汲 鄭驤 呂由誠 郭永 韓浩朱庭傑 王允功 王薦 周中 周辛 歐陽珣 張忠輔 李彥仙邵雲 呂圓登 宋炎 趙立鄭褒 王復 王忠植 唐琦 李震 陳求道 Volume 448 Biographies 207: Loyalty and Righteousness 3 - Ceng Hucong and younger brother: Wu, Liu Ji, Zheng Xiang, Lu Youcheng, Guo Yong, Hanhao Zhutingjie, Wang Yungong, Wang Jian, Zhou Zhong, Zhou Xin, Ōu Yangxun, Zhang Zhongfu, Liyan Xianshaoyun, Lu Yuandeng, Song Yan, Zhao Lizhengbao, Wang Fu, Wang Zhongzhi, Tang Qi, Li Zhen, Chen Qiudao History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 第五回 Chapter 5 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 34

Collocations

• 仙琕 (仙琕) 龍驤將軍馬仙琕監豫州 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷七 本紀第七 東昏侯 Volume 7 Annals 7: Marquess of Donghun — count: 30
• 子仙 (子仙) 景分遣偽將宋子仙 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷四 本紀第四 簡文帝 Volume 4: Emperor Jianwen — count: 21
• 马仙 (馬仙) 龍驤將軍馬仙琕監豫州 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷七 本紀第七 東昏侯 Volume 7 Annals 7: Marquess of Donghun — count: 9
• 那伽仙 (那伽仙) 天竺道人那伽仙附載欲歸國 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷五十八 列傳第三十九 蠻 東南夷 Volume 58 Biographies 39: Other Peoples from the Southeast — count: 9
• 仙客 (仙客) 桓仙客守偃月壘 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十七 列傳第七 趙倫之 王懿 張邵 Volume 47 Biographies 7: Liu Huaisu, Wang Yi, Zhang Shao — count: 7
• 列仙 (列仙) 相如以為列仙之儒居山澤間 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十七下　司馬相如傳 Volume 57b: Sima Xiangru — count: 4
• 仙民 (仙民) 仙民 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十四 列傳第三十四 武十三王 元四王 簡文三子 Volume 64 Biographies 34: Thirteen Princes of Wu; Four Princes of Yuan; Three Sons of Jianwen — count: 3
• 仙公 (仙公) 时有葛仙公者 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷六十三 吳書十八 吳範劉惇趙達傳 Volume 63: Book of Wu 18 - Biographies of Wu Fan, Liu Dun, and Zhao Da — count: 3
• 索仙 (索仙) 沙州治中敦煌索仙等以玄盛溫毅有惠政 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十七 列傳第五十七 涼武昭王李玄盛（李暠） Volume 87 Biographies 57: Li Xuansheng, Prince Wuzhao of Liang — count: 3
• 遊仙 (遊仙) 遊仙詩注引 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng — count: 3