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仙人

Chinese

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immortal man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(仙人) 		仙 人
alternative forms 僊人／仙人
 
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仙人

  1. (Chinese mythology) immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being
    仙人下凡  ―  xiānrén xiàfán  ―  a celestial being descends into the mortal world
  2. (dialectal Hakka) beggar
  3. (Ningbonese, anatomy) pupil
  4. (modern day) Taoist saint; ascension; enlightened one

Synonyms

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  • (immortal): 神仙 (shénxiān)
Dialectal synonyms of 乞丐 (“beggar”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 乞人, 乞丐, 乞兒, 丐者, 丐
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 乞丐
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 要飯的, 要飯兒的, 老花子, 叫花子, 看街的, 抱火盆兒的
Taiwan 乞丐
Langfang 要飯的
Ulanhot 要飯的, 要飯花子
Tongliao 要飯的
Chifeng 要飯的
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 要飯的
Harbin 叫花子, 要飯花子
Singapore 乞丐
Jilu Mandarin Tangshan 花子
Cangzhou 要飯的
Baoding 要飯的
Shijiazhuang 要飯的
Jinan 要飯的, 叫花子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 要飯兒的, 叫花子, 要飯的, 花子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 叫花子, 要飯吃的, 靠門傍子
Daming 要飯吃哩
Wanrong 要飯的, 尋饃的
Zhengzhou 要飯哩
Xi'an 要飯的, 叫花子
Xining 尋口, 要饃饃的
Xuzhou 要飯的
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 抄花子, 討吃, 要乜貼的, 要的吃的
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 討吃
Bayanhot 討吃, 要飯的
Lanzhou 要飯的, 要要吃
Ürümqi 要飯的
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 叫花子, 討口子
Wuhan 告花子, 花子, 討飯的, 要飯的, 乞丐, 討米的, 睡門樓的
Guiyang 叫化子
Kunming 花子, 叫花子, 要飯的
Liuzhou 討飯佬, 叫化子, 叫化
Dagudi (Maliba) 叫花子
Reshuitang (Longling) 要飯人
Mae Salong (Lancang) 叫花子, 討飯人
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 要飯的, 叫花子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的
Yangzhou 花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的, 告花子
Xinghua 花子, 要飯的, 討飯的
Nantong 告花子, 討飯子
Hefei 要飯的, 叫花子
Huanggang 告殼子
Mandarin Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) 化子
Nanping (Yanping) 叫化子
Cantonese Guangzhou 乞兒
Hong Kong 乞兒
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 乞兒
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 乞兒, 乞兒佬
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 攞食佬
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 攞食佬
Macau 乞兒
Guangzhou (Panyu) 乞兒
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 乞兒
Guangzhou (Conghua) 乞兒
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young
Foshan 乞兒
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 乞兒
Foshan (Shunde) 乞兒
Foshan (Sanshui) 乞兒
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 乞兒
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 乞兒
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 乞兒
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 乞兒
Zhuhai (Doumen) 乞耳
Jiangmen (Baisha) 乞兒
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 乞兒
Taishan 乞米仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 乞米仔
Enping (Niujiang) 乞米仔
Heshan (Yayao) 乞兒
Dongguan 乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 乞兒
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 攞食佬
Qingyuan 乞兒
Fogang 乞兒
Yingde (Hanguang) 架化佬
Yangshan 乞吃佬
Lianshan (Butian) 狗化佬
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 叫化佬
Shaoguan 乞兒
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 乞兒
Renhua 乞兒, 乞兒佬
Lechang 乞兒
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 乞兒
Sihui 乞兒佬
Guangning 乞兒
Deqing 乞兒
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 乞吃
Yunfu 乞兒
Xinxing 乞兒
Luoding 乞兒
Yunan (Pingtai) 乞兒
Yangjiang 乞兒, 乞米佬 male, 乞米婆 female
Xinyi 乞兒
Maoming (Xinpo) 乞兒
Lianjiang 乞兒
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 乞兒, 乞兒佬 male, 乞兒婆 female
Nanning 乞兒
Hepu (Lianzhou) 覓吃佬
Beihai 乞食佬
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 乞兒
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 乞兒
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 乞兒
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 乞兒
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 乞兒
Móng Cái 乞兒
Gan Nanchang 告化子, 討飯個
Pengze 討飯個
Lichuan 告化子, 乞兒
Pingxiang 告化子, 花子, 討米個
Hakka Meixian 告化仔, 討食個
Xingning 告化哩
Fengshun (Liuhuang) 乞食
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 攞食, 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 攞食佬
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 攞食
Huiyang 攞食
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 攞食仔
Huidong (Daling) 攞食
Dongguan (Qingxi) 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 乞食佬, 攞食
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 攞食佬
Boluo (Bendihua) 攞食伊, 攞食佬
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 乞兒
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 酌食哩, 乞丐
Wuhua (Huacheng) 告化哩, 酌食個, 絡食個
Wuhua (Changbu) 告化哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 絡食哩
Wuhua (Meilin) 絡食哩
Heyuan (Bendihua) 攞食的, 攞食
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 攞食佬
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 告化佬
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 攞食哎
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 告化
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 攞食
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 叫化
Wengyuan 討食佬
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 告化子
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 叫化
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 攞食佬
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 狗化公
Liannan 攞食佬
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 攞食佬
Jiexi 乞食
Luhe 乞食
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 乞食
Changting 告化子, 告化
Wuping 告化
Wuping (Yanqian) 討食告化
Wuping (Pingyu) 告化
Ninghua 乞食
Yudu 告化子
Ningdu 教化
Ruijin 告化
Shicheng 告化
Shangyou (Shexi) 告化子
Tonggu (Sandu) 教化子
Ganzhou (Panlong) 教化子
Dayu 討飯佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 乞食仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 乞食仔, 教化仔, 打幫仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 乞食仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 乞食, 仙人
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 乞食仔, 乞食
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 乞食
Hong Kong 攞食佬, 乞兒
Yangxi (Tangkou) 丐米佬
Yangchun (Sanjia) 丐食
Xinyi (Sihe) 乞兒
Xinyi (Qianpai) 乞兒
Gaozhou (Xindong) 乞兒佬
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 乞食佬
Huazhou (Xin'an) 乞兒
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 乞食佬
Lianjiang (Qingping) 乞食佬
Mengshan (Xihe) 乞兒
Luchuan 乞食佬
Sabah (Longchuan) 攞食佬
Senai (Huiyang) 攞食佬
Singkawang 乞食
Huizhou Jixi 討飯仂, 討飯佬 humorous, 討飯鬼 derogatory
Shexian 討飯唉
Huangshan (Tunxi) 丐食, 討飯個
Xiuning 丐食, 討飯仂
Yixian 討飯漢
Qimen 討飯個
Wuyuan 討飯個, 討飯仂
Jin Taiyuan 討吃吃, 討吃子, 要飯的, 叫花子
Pingyao 叫花子
Xinzhou 討吃子, 要窩窩哩
Taibus (Baochang) 要飯的
Linhe 討吃子
Jining 討吃子
Hohhot 討吃子
Baotou 討吃子
Dongsheng 討吃子
Haibowan 討吃子
Zhangjiakou 乞丐
Handan 要飯哩
Northern Min Jian'ou 化食
Jian'ou (Dikou) 化食
Songxi 化食
Zhenghe 化食
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 化食
Jianyang 化食
Wuyishan 討飯
Pucheng (Shibei) 化食
Eastern Min Fuzhou 乞食
Fuzhou (Changle) 乞食
Fuqing 乞食
Yongtai 乞食
Gutian 乞食
Pingnan 乞食
Fu'an 乞食
Ningde 乞食
Shouning 乞食
Zhouning 乞食
Fuding 乞食
Matsu 乞食
Southern Min Xiamen 乞食
Xiamen (Tong'an) 乞食
Quanzhou 乞食
Jinjiang 乞食, 分米的, 分食的
Hui'an 乞食
Yongchun 乞食
Zhangzhou 乞食
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 乞食
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 乞食
Zhangpu 乞食
Zhao'an 乞食
Dongshan 乞食
Taipei 乞食
New Taipei (Sanxia) 乞食
Kaohsiung 乞食
Yilan 乞食
Changhua (Lukang) 乞食
Taichung 乞食
Tainan 乞食
Hsinchu 乞食
Kinmen 乞食
Penghu (Magong) 乞食
Penang (Hokkien) 乞食, 乞食仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 乞食
Manila (Hokkien) 乞食
Longyan 乞食
Zhangping 乞食
Zhangping (Yongfu) 乞食
Datian 乞食
Pingnan (Shangdu) 乞兒
Chaozhou 乞食
Shantou 乞食
Shantou (Chenghai) 乞食
Jieyang 乞食
Haifeng 乞食
Fengshun (Liuhuang) 乞食
Bangkok (Teochew) 乞食
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 乞食
Leizhou 乞食
Wenchang 乞達
Haikou 乞達
Qionghai 乞達
Puxian Min Putian 乞食
Xianyou 乞食
Fuding (Aoyao) 乞食
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 乞兒
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 救化子, 乞兒
Wu Shanghai 告花子, 癟三
Shanghai (Chongming) 掛花子
Suzhou 告花子, 癟三
Danyang 告花子, 告花嫚嫚
Hangzhou 叫花子, 討飯子
Ningbo 告花子, 討飯
Wenzhou 丐兒, 討飯丐兒, 討飯人, 取米丐兒, 取米個
Jinhua 討飯
Jinhua (Tangxi) 討飯老丐兒
Xiang Changsha 告化子, 討飯的
Xiangtan 告化子
Loudi 叫化子, 叫化
Shuangfeng 告化子
Quanzhou 乞丐
Dialectal synonyms of 瞳孔 (“pupil (of the eye)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 眸子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 瞳孔
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 瞳人兒
Taiwan 瞳孔
Harbin 眼人兒
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 瞳人兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 瞳人兒
Xi'an 瞳人兒
Xining 眼娃娃
Xuzhou 瞳人兒
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 眼仁子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 瞳孔, 瞳人
Wuhan 瞳人
Guiyang 瞳人
Liuzhou 瞳人
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 瞳人兒
Yangzhou 瞳人子
Cantonese Guangzhou 眼公仔, 瞳人
Hong Kong 瞳孔
Dongguan 眼公
Gan Nanchang 瞳人
Lichuan 瞳人
Hakka Yudu 瞳仁, 烏眼仁子
Huizhou Jixi 仙人頭
Jin Taiyuan 瞳孔, 黑眼仁兒, 眼睛仁仁
Xinzhou 瞳人兒, 眼睛仁子
Northern Min Jian'ou 瞳人, 烏珠
Eastern Min Fuzhou 瞳子
Southern Min Xiamen 尪仔頭
Zhangzhou 尪仔仁
Taipei (Wanhua) 烏仁
Kaohsiung 烏仁
Yilan 烏仁
Changhua (Lukang) 烏仁
Taichung 烏仁
Taichung (Wuqi) 烏仁
Tainan 尪仔頭
Taitung 尪仔
Hsinchu 烏仁
Penghu (Magong) 目睭尪
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 眼瞳
Wu Shanghai 眼仙人, 瞳孔
Shanghai (Chongming) 仙人烏子
Suzhou 眼仙人
Danyang 眼孔
Hangzhou 瞳人兒
Ningbo 仙人, 瞳孔
Wenzhou 瞳人, 仙人頭
Jinhua 瞳人
Xiang Changsha 瞳人
Loudi 瞳子

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
仙 人
せん
Grade: S 		にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi goon
 
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Etymology

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From sen (仙, supernatural being, hermit) + nin (人, human being).

Noun

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仙(せん)人(にん) • (sennin) 

  1. (Taoism) immortal mountain fairy or wizard.
  2. hermit, unworldly person, mountain man.
  3. one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men.

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