天仙

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	immortal
simp. and trad. (天仙)		天	仙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tiānxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тянщян (ti͡anxi͡an, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ sin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiansian
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: tyān-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshian
    • Palladius: тяньсянь (tjanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тянщян (ti͡anxi͡an, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiæ̃²⁴ ɕiæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ sin¹
    • Yale: tīn sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sian
    • Tâi-lô: thian-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiensiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

天仙

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Chinese mythology) Heavenly Immortals, Celestial Immortals
2. (Chinese mythology) goddess

   美若天仙  ―  měiruòtiānxiān  ―  pretty as a fairy

3. (figurative) beautiful young maiden; beauty
4. (Dungan) angel

Synonyms

• (angel): 天使 (tiānshǐ)

Derived terms

• 天仙子 (tiānxiānzǐ)
• 天仙聖母／天仙圣母
• 玉天仙
• 美若天仙