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仙

xiān

HSK 6 Character

What 仙 means

1. immortal

Other readings

仙 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiānvariant of {仙|xiān}

Example sentences

• 那是仙后座。
  That's Cassiopeia.
• 神仙只在童话里存在。
  Shénxiān zhǐ zài tónghuà lǐ cúnzài.
  Fairies exist only in fairy tales.
• 她今年春天要去仙台。
  Tā jīnnián chūntiān yào qù Xiāntái.
  She is going to Sendai this spring.
• 北海道在仙台的北方。
  Hokkaido is to the north of Sendai.
• 仙台地震的结果很恐怖。
  Xiāntái dìzhèn de jiéguǒ hěn kǒngbù.
  The consequences of Sendai's earthquake were dreadful!
• 这是一张仙台市的地图。
  Zhè shì yī zhāng Xiāntái Shì de dìtú.
  This is a map of the city of Sendai.

Words starting with 仙

• 仙女xiān nǚfairy
• 仙子xiān zǐfairy
• 仙境xiān jìngfairyland; wonderland; paradise
• 仙人xiān rénDaoist immortal; celestial being
• 仙人掌xiān rén zhǎngcactus
• 仙鹤xiān hèred-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
• 仙姑xiān gūfemale immortal; sorceress
• 仙丹xiān dānelixir; magic potion
• 仙去xiān qùto become an immortal; (fig.) to die
• 仙台Xiān táiSendai, city in northeast Japan
• 仙山xiān shānmountain of Immortals
• 仙岛xiān dǎoisland of the immortals
• 仙方xiān fāngprescription of elixir; potion of immortality; potion prescribed by an immortal
• 仙乐xiān yuèheavenly music
• 仙气xiān qìethereal quality; (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial…
• 仙界xiān jièworld of the immortals; a fairyland; a paradise
• 仙童xiān tóngelf; leprechaun
• 仙股xiān gǔpenny stocks
• 仙草xiān cǎomedicinal herb (genus Mesona); grass jelly
• 仙药xiān yàolegendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem
• 仙贝xiān bèi(loanword) senbei (Japanese rice cracker)
• 仙游xiān yóu(literary; euphemism) to die; to pass away
• 仙乡xiān xiāngfairyland; honorific: your homeland
• 仙人球xiān rén qiúball cactus

Words containing 仙

• 神仙shén xiānDaoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc
• 天仙tiān xiānimmortal (esp. female); deity; fairy
• 水仙shuǐ xiāndaffodil; narcissus
• 大仙dà xiāngreat immortal
• 八仙Bā xiānthe Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
• 成仙chéng xiān(Taoism) to become an immortal
• 八仙桌bā xiān zhuōold-fashioned square table to seat eight people
• 修仙xiū xiānto cultivate oneself in pursuit of immortality (esp. in Daoism)
• 假仙jiǎ xiān(Taiwan) to pretend; to put on a false front (from Taiwanese 假仙, Tai-lo pr. [ké-sian])
• 巴仙bā xiān(Singapore) (loanword) percent
• 登仙dēng xiānto become immortal; big promotion; die
• 笔仙bǐ xiāna form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a…
• 诗仙shī xiān"immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai 李白
• 卡仙尼Kǎ xiān níCassini space probe
• 夜神仙yè shén xiānnight owl; late sleeper
• 小仙女xiǎo xiān nǚgirl fairy; beautiful girl or young woman…
• 武仙座Wǔ xiān zuòHercules (constellation)
• 水仙花shuǐ xiān huādaffodil; narcissus
• 活神仙huó shén xiāna god living in our midst…
• 游仙区Yóu xiān QūYouxian, a district of Mianyang City 绵阳市
• 独角仙dú jiǎo xiānrhinoceros beetle
• 王仙芝Wáng Xiān zhīWang Xianzhi, peasant leader during Huang Chao peasant uprising 黄巢起义 875-884 in late Tang
• 祈仙台qí xiān táimemorial altar; platform for praying to immortals
• 秋水仙qiū shuǐ xiānautumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale); meadow saffron

Characters built on 山

These share the phonetic component 山 (shān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 嵌qiànto inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. qiān
• 巅diānsummit
• 氙xiānxenon (chemistry)
• 岘xiànabbr. for 岘首山; Mt Xianshou in Hubei; steep hill
• 岍qiānname of a mountain
• 籼xiānlong-grained rice; same as 秈

Characters that look like 仙

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 妈māma; mom; mother
• 仕shìto serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the…
• 汕shànbamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕头
• 讪shànto mock; to ridicule; to slander

Sounds the same

Read xiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 先beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 鲜fresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 纤fine; delicate; minute
• 掀to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
• 暹sunrise
• 酰acid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 秈common rice
• 氙xenon (chemistry)
• 锨shovel
• 跹to manner of dancing; to walk around
• 祆Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism
• 籼long-grained rice; same as 秈