酒仙

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	immortal
trad. (酒仙)		酒	仙
simp. #(酒仙)		酒	仙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒusian
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-hsien¹
    • Yale: jyǒu-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoushian
    • Palladius: цзюсянь (czjusjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciwsiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

酒仙

1. (figurative) one who loves drinking alcohol

   • 酒仙交市隱，女俠是文人。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《贈妓》 ("To a Courtesan"), Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), 1800s

     Juseon gyo sieun, yeo hyeop si munin. [Sino-Korean]

     I, the drunkard, have befriended the town's hidden one; you, lady hero, are a woman of letters!

Synonyms

• 酒鬼 (jiǔguǐ)
• 酒黏
• 酒徒 (jiǔtú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (酒仙):

• → Japanese: 酒仙(しゅせん) (shusen)
• → Korean: 주선(酒仙) (juseon)
• → Vietnamese: tửu tiên (酒仙)

References

• “Entry #6834”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酒	仙
しゅ Grade: 3	せん Grade: S

Noun

酒(しゅ)仙(せん) • (shusen) 

1. hermit who enjoys drinking
2. son of Bacchus