昇仙

Chinese

		ascend; peaceful	immortal
trad. (昇仙/升仙)		昇/升	仙
simp. (升仙)		升	仙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ sin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengsian
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: shēng-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshian
    • Palladius: шэнсянь (šɛnsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ sin¹
    • Yale: sīng sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/

Verb

昇仙

1. (Taoism) to attain the Way and become an immortal
2. (euphemistic) to die