仙 | xiān | immortal |
神仙 | shén xiān | Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person; used in advertising: Live like an immortal! 活神仙似 |
水仙 | shuǐ xiān | narcissus; daffodil; legendary aquatic immortal; refers to those buried at sea; person who wanders abroad and does not return |
仙人 | xiān rén | Daoist immortal; celestial being |
仙女 | xiān nǚ | fairy |
仙姑 | xiān gū | female immortal; sorceress |
八仙桌 | bā xiān zhuō | old fashioned square table to seat eight people |
仙丹 | xiān dān | elixir; magic potion |
仙人掌 | xiān rén zhǎng | cactus |
仙人掌果 | xiān rén zhǎng guǒ | prickly pear |
仙人球 | xiān rén qiú | ball cactus |
仙台 | Xiān tái | Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宫城县 in northeast Japan; Sendai, city in northeast Japan |
仙后座 | xiān hòu zuò | Cassiopeia (constellation) |
仙境 | xiān jìng | fairyland; wonderland; paradise |
仙女座 | xiān nǚ zuò | Andromeda (constellation) |
仙女座大星云 | Xiān nǚ zuò dà xīng yún | great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31 |
仙女座星系 | Xiān nǚ zuò xīng xì | Andromeda galaxy M31 |
仙女星座 | xiān nǚ xīng zuò | Andromeda constellation (galaxy) M31 |
仙女星系 | Xiān nǚ xīng xì | Andromeda galaxy M31 |
仙姿玉色 | xiān zī yù sè | heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady |
仙子 | xiān zǐ | fairy |
仙客来 | xiān kè lái | cyclamen |
仙宫 | xiān gōng | underground palace of ghouls, e.g. Asgard of Scandinavian mythology |
仙居 | Xiān jū | Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang |
仙居县 | Xiān jū xiàn | Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang |
仙山 | xiān shān | mountain of Immortals |
仙山琼阁 | xiān shān qióng gé | jeweled palace in the fairy mountain |
仙岛 | xiān dǎo | island of the immortals |
仙方 | xiān fāng | prescription of elixir; potion of immortality; potion prescribed by an immortal |
仙方儿 | xiān fāngr | erhua variant of 仙方, prescription of elixir; potion of immortality; potion prescribed by an immortal |
仙桃 | xiān táo | the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母; Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei |
仙桃市 | Xiān táo shì | Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei |
仙乐 | xiān yuè | heavenly music |
仙气 | xiān qì | magic breath |
仙王座 | xiān wáng zuò | Cepheus (constellation) |
仙界 | xiān jiè | world of the immortals; fairyland; cloud nine |
仙童 | xiān tóng | elf; leprechaun |
仙草 | xiān cǎo | medicinal herb (genus Mesona); grass jelly |
仙药 | xiān yào | legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem |
仙逝 | xiān shì | to die; to depart this mortal coil |
仙游 | Xiān yóu | Xianyou county in Putian 莆田, Fujian |
仙游县 | Xiān yóu xiàn | Xianyou county in Putian 莆田, Fujian |
仙乡 | xiān xiāng | fairyland; honorific: your homeland |
仙鹤 | xiān hè | red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) |
修炼成仙 | xiū liàn chéng xiān | lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal; practice makes perfect |
八仙 | Bā Xiān | the Eight Immortals |
卡仙尼 | Kǎ xiān ní | Cassini space probe |
喇叭水仙 | lā bā shuǐ xiān | daffodil |
夜神仙 | yè shén xiān | night owl; late sleeper |
大仙 | dà xiān | great immortal |