xiān

  1. xiān 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)
  2. xiān 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')
  3. xiān adjective floating; ascending
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '仙' 2, p. 492)
  4. xiān 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')
  5. xiān 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)
  6. xiān proper noun Xian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '仙' n 3)
  7. xiān adjective celestial
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 神仙的 (Guoyu '仙' adj 1)
  8. xiān adverb deceased
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A polite term (Guoyu '仙' adv)

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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 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 5 Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經 — count: 26 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 1 One Syllable Buddhosnisa Wheel Turning Ruler Sutra (Yizi Fo Ding Lunwang Jing) 一字佛頂輪王經 — 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 龙仙 (龍仙) 龍仙 — Bei Hua Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 悲華經, Scroll 9 — count: 4
  • 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