仙 xiān
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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) -
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') -
xiān
adjective
floating; ascending
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '仙' 2, p. 492) -
xiān
noun
a sage
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ṛṣi, or: muni, Japanese: sen (BCSD '仙', p. 96; FGDB '仙人'; Kroll 2015 '仙' 3, p. 492; MW 'ṛṣi'; SH '仙', p. 166; Unihan '仙') -
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) -
xiān
proper noun
Xian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '仙' n 3) -
xiān
adjective
celestial
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 神仙的 (Guoyu '仙' adj 1) -
xiān
adverb
deceased
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A polite term (Guoyu '仙' adv)
Contained in
- 仙人走兽(仙人走獸) celestial beings and roof beasts; roof corner decorations
- 八仙 the eight immortals
- 驾鹤成仙(駕鶴成仙) to fly on a crane and become immortal
- 箕仙 to communicate with a spirit
- 仙气(仙氣) magic breath
- 仙人掌 cactus ; a style of bronzeware ; Xianrenzhang
- 剑仙(劍仙) a master swordsman
- 仙女棒 sparkler (hand-held firework)
- 侏蓝仙鹟(侏藍仙鶲) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni)
- 仙桃 the peaches of immortality
- 仙女星系 Andromeda galaxy M31
- 凤仙花(鳳仙花) balsam; Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina); touch-me-not; busy Lizzie
- 脱胎成仙(脫胎成仙) reborn as immortal
- 武仙座 Hercules
- 蓝喉仙鹟(藍喉仙鶲) blue-throated flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)
- 仙草 medicinal herb (genus Mesona); grass jelly
- 纯蓝仙鹟(純藍仙鶲) pale blue flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor)
- 仙后座 Cassiopeia
- 仙女座星系 Andromeda galaxy M31
- 修炼成仙(修煉成仙) to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal; practice makes perfect
- 仙姿玉色 heavenly beauty, jewel colors; unusually beautiful lady
- 张仙(張仙) Zhang Xian
- 仙女座大星云(仙女座大星雲) great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31
- 喇叭水仙 daffodil
- 八仙过海，各显神通(八仙過海，各顯神通) the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent
- 碟仙 form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
- 仙剑(仙劍) magical sword
- 仙人球 ball cactus
- 中华仙鹟(中華仙鶲) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)
- 水仙 daffodil ; legendary aquatic immortal
- 天仙 an immortal; a deity; a fairy; a goddess
- 仙鼠 bat
- 欲仙欲死(慾仙慾死) to wish one were dead; to be in seventh heaven
- 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
- 神仙传(神仙傳) Biographies of Divine Transcendents
- 狐鬼神仙 foxes, ghosts and immortals; supernatural beings, usually fictional
- 活神仙似 to live like the immortals (advertising real estate)
- 假仙 to pretend; to put on a false front; (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. )
- 秋水仙 autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale); meadow saffron
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列仙传 、 仙台 、 足目仙 、 仙游县 、 高仙芝 、 仙桃市 、 甲仙 、 王仙芝 、 七大仙 、 仙游 、 游仙 、 敝衣仙人
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- 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
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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
- 桓仙 (桓仙) 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: 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
- 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
- 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