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Fantasy

Supernatural and fantastical words from Eastern and Western culture! Please post other suggestions here.

fairy, immortal	仙	sin1	dragon	龍	lung4 / 5
magic, fantasy	幻	waan6	kirin beast	麒麟	kei4 leon4
phoenix (western)	不死鳥	bat1 sei2 niu5	phoenix (eastern)	鳳凰	fung6 wong4
unicorn (western)	獨角獸	duk6 gok3 sau3	unicorn	廌	zaai6
vampire (western)	吸血鬼	kap1 hyut3 gwai2	vampire (eastern)	殭屍	goeng1 si1
archer	弓箭手	gung1 zin3 sau2	archer?	射手	se6 sau2
warrior	戰士	zin3 si6	priest	神父	san4 fu6
wizard	魔術師	mo1 seot6 si1	shaman	巫師	mou4 si1
god (generic)	神	san4	elf	精靈	zing1 ling4
dwarf	矮人	ngai2 jan4	hobbit	哈比人	haa1 bei3 jan4
ghost	鬼	gwai2	demon	魔鬼	mo1 gwai2

Language Note

吸血鬼 = "suck blood ghost"    僵屍 = "stiff corpse"  不 = not 死 = death 鳥 = long tailed bird
弓 = bow 箭 = arrow 射 = shoot, archery 手 = hand  神 = god; spirit 父 = father
巫 = witch, wizard 師 = master 戰 = war; fighting 士 = knight, warrior
精 = fine; delicate; skilled; clever 靈 = elf; faery; spirit
麒麟 used to refer to a giraffe(!) The word "Kirin" comes from the Japanese pronunciation of these characters.