仙 xiān — immortal; celestial being; fairy
仙
Level 1 · Common HSK 7-9 #272
Variant:
僊
xiān xian1
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
noun
- (会意。本作“僊”。右边的意思是人爬到高处取鸟巢,加上“人”旁,表示人升高成仙。隶书作“仙”,表示仙人多住在高处。本义:仙人)
- celestial being;immortal
- 神仙,古代神话和宗教中指修炼得道长生不死的人,或指能达到至高神界的人物 e.g 仙机玄奥 · 仙人劝驾 · 仙醪 · 仙闼 · 仙机 · 仙车 · 仙缘
- 超越凡品的人或事 e.g 诗仙 自称臣是酒中仙 · 歌仙 · 仙郎 · 仙卫 · 仙手
- 用于称道教的人和事物 e.g 仙箓 · 仙翁 · 仙长 · 仙师
- fairy
- 民间传说故事中住在仙境(有时下凡)但又常善意地干预人间事务的年轻貌美的仙女 e.g 仙姿
- 中国古代用为艳妇、美女、妓女、女道士等的代称 e.g 怀仙 · 梦仙诗 · 仙妓
- cent
- dead e.g 仙游仙逝 仙去 · 仙輀 · 仙久 · 仙几
verb
- immortalize
adjective
- light;relaxed;at ease
Related words
- 神仙 immortal; deity
- 仙女 fairy; female immortal
- 仙人 immortal; celestial being
- 仙人掌 cactus
- 仙境 fairyland; wonderland
- 水仙 narcissus; daffodil
- 八仙桌 a square table (seating eight, traditional Chinese style)
- 八仙 the Eight Immortals (of Chinese legend)
- 仙鹤 red-crowned crane; immortal crane
- 天仙 immortal (esp. female)/deity/fairy/Goddess/fig. beautiful woman
- 水仙花 narcissus; daffodil
- 仙子 fairy
- 仙姑 a female immortal; a Taoist nun (respectful); a sorceress
- 八仙过海 like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea — each showing their special powers
- 飘飘欲仙 to feel light and ecstatic; to feel as if one were floating off into bliss
- 仙逝 (polite euphemism) to pass away; to depart this life
- 仙丹 an elixir of immortality; (fig.) a magic cure-all
- 成仙 to become an immortal
- 狐仙 a fox spirit (in folklore)
- 凤仙花 balsam/Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina)/touch-me-no