仙 xiān
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noun
an immortal
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mythology
Notes: A celestial being, especially a Taoist immortal (Guoyu '仙' n 1; Kroll 2015 '仙' 1, p. 492; NCCED '仙' 1, p. 1750; Unihan '仙'; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1465; XHZD '仙', p. 811; Yu, Anthony C. tr. 2012, ”The Journey to the West”, p. 116, ch. 2) -
adjective
transcendent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of celestial beauty of character (Guoyu '仙' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '仙' 1a, p. 492; Unihan '仙') -
adjective
floating; ascending
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '仙' 2, p. 492) -
noun
a master; someone exceeding at a skill
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 剑仙 master swordsman (Guoyu '仙' n 2; NCCED '仙' 2, p. 1750) -
proper noun
Xian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '仙' n 3) -
adjective
celestial
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 神仙的 (Guoyu '仙' adj 1) -
adverb
deceased
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A polite term (Guoyu '仙' adv) -
noun
a sage
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ṛṣi, or: muni, Japanese: sen (BCSD '仙', p. 96; FGDB '仙人'; Kroll 2015 '仙' 3, p. 492; MW 'ṛṣi'; SH '仙', p. 166; Unihan '仙')
Contained in
- 诸仙(諸仙) group of sages
- 菩提仙那 Bodhisena
- 毘目智仙 Vimokṣaprajñā; Vimoksaprajna
- 跋伽仙 Sage Bhagava
- 婆斯仙 Vasiṣṭha
- 仙陀客 worthy interpreter
- 大威灯光仙人问疑经(大威燈光仙人問疑經) Paramārthadharmavijayasūtra; Da Wei Dengguang Xianren Wen Yi Jing
- 一切智光明仙人慈心因缘不食肉经(一切智光明仙人慈心因緣不食肉經) Yiqie Zhi Guangming Xianren Ci Xin Yinyuan Bu Shi Rou Jing
- 忍辱仙 Ksantivadin
- 迦叶仙人说医女人经(迦葉仙人說醫女人經) Jiaye Xianren Shuo Yi Nuren Jing
- 婆伽婆仙 Sage Bhagava
- 人仙经(人仙經) The Sage of Men Sutra; Ren Xian Jing
- 迦摄波仙(迦攝波仙) Rishi Kasyapa
- 左天大仙 Great Sage Vāmadeva
- 仙人住处(仙人住處) āśramapada
- 金仙 a great sage; maharṣi
Also contained in
何仙姑 、 仙女座 、 成仙 、 仙后座 、 仙草 、 蓝喉仙鹟 、 仙人球 、 甲仙 、 水仙花 、 登仙 、 狐鬼神仙 、 仙山 、 仙人掌果 、 迦毗罗仙人 、 棕腹蓝仙鹟 、 游仙 、 棕腹仙鹟 、 仙方 、 仙女棒 、 敝衣仙人 、 仙客来 、 苏仙区 、 武仙座 、 仙剑 、 广博仙人 、 仙逝 、 神仙方术 、 仙气 、 仙去 、 乩仙 、 仙居 、 仙岛 、 祈仙台 、 棕腹大仙鹟 、 仙女
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Nan Yue Zong Sheng Ji 南嶽總勝集 — count: 59
- Scroll 37 Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經 — count: 37
- Scroll 45 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶 — count: 36
- Scroll 2 Weishi Ershi Lun Shu Ji 唯識二十論述記 — count: 33
- Scroll 12 Vinayavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Po Seng Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶破僧事 — count: 33
- Scroll 2 Nan Yue Zong Sheng Ji 南嶽總勝集 — count: 32
- Scroll 19 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 28 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 5 Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經 — count: 26 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 2 Vinayavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Po Seng Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶破僧事 — count: 26
- Scroll 25 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 24
Collocations
- 仙余 (仙餘) 仙餘財主告一使人 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 33
- 仙尼 (仙尼) 有外道出家名仙尼 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 26
- 仙圣 (仙聖) 仙聖梵釋靡不稽首 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 22
- 仙歎 (仙歎) 名曰仙歎 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 1 — count: 13
- 一仙 (一仙) 復有一仙而作是言 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
- 仙众 (仙眾) 仙眾圍遶如鳥王 — Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
- 告仙 (告仙) 佛告仙尼 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
- 昇仙 (昇仙) 昇仙名普聞 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 夜叉仙 (夜叉仙) 夜叉仙 — Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經, Scroll 7 — count: 4
- 龙仙 (龍仙) 龍仙 — Bei Hua Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 悲華經, Scroll 9 — count: 4