仙 (sin1 | xian1) : god, immortal, fairy; divine

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仙

sin1

xian1

[1] [n] god; immortal; fairy [2] divine [3] [Wu] good [4] immortal; celestial talent or heavenly beauty (often used as modifier, in praise of) [5] noun modifier, having to do with Taoist, esoteric magic [6] [粵]﹕cents

Var.: 僊.

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

仙

This word has been viewed 10267 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Nov 2014 16:33

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仙女 sin1 neoi5*2 xian1 nv3 = fairy; female celestial

神仙 san4 sin1 shen2 xian1 = deity, an immortal

水仙 seoi2 sin1 shui3 xian1 = daffodil

仙人掌 sin1 jan4 zoeng2 xian1 ren2 zhang3 = cactus

巴仙 baa1 sin1; poe6 sen1 = percent

瘦骨仙 sau3 gwat1 sin1 = a bag of bones 粵

黃大仙 wong4 daai6 sin1 = Wong Tai Sin (MTR station); Wong the Great Immortal

鳳仙花 fung6 sin1 faa1 feng4 xian1 hua1 = balsam flower, balsamine, cypripedium, touch-me-not

仙克萊 sin1 hak1 loi4 = cyclamen (genus of plants of the primrose family)

仙臺 sin1 toi4 xian1 tai2 = Sendai
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 仙
Unicode code for this character: U+4ed9 (off-site link)

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