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 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') -
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)
Contained in
- 仙人观相(仙人觀相) Asita's Prediction
- 文殊师利菩萨及诸仙所说吉凶时日善恶宿曜经(文殊師利菩薩及諸仙所說吉凶時日善惡宿曜經) Sutra on Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva and the Ṛsī ̣Discourses on the Auspicious and Inauspicious Days of the Constellations and Luminous Bodies; Wenshushili Ji Zhu Xian Suo Shuo Jixiong Shi Ri Shan E Su Yao Jing
- 婆伽婆仙 Sage Bhagava
- 诸仙(諸仙) group of sages
- 法道仙人 Sage Fadao
- 左天大仙 Great Sage Vāmadeva
- 仙族王 Licchavi; Lecchavi
- 鸯竭罗私仙(鴦竭羅私仙) Angiras
- 缚斯仙(縛斯仙) Vasiṣṭha
- 时有仙人(時有仙人) At that time there lived a Seer
Also contained in
棕腹大仙鹟 、 仙剑 、 仙茅 、 哈仙达岗 、 侏蓝仙鹟 、 修炼成仙 、 广博仙人 、 苏仙 、 仙贝 、 仙人走兽 、 仙台 、 仙游县 、 仙丹 、 八仙 、 白尾蓝仙鹟 、 大仙鹟 、 水仙 、 仙气 、 神仙传 、 山蓝仙鹟 、 敝衣仙人 、 游仙区 、 八仙过海，各显神通 、 八仙过海 、 列仙传 、 仙子 、 仙女座星系 、 仙游 、 小仙鹟 、 何仙姑 、 登仙 、 仙人掌 、 脱胎成仙 、 巴仙 、 夜神仙 、 仙山琼阁 、 仙女座 、 蓬莱仙境 、 纯蓝仙鹟 、 欲仙欲死 、 水仙花
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 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 Weishi Ershi Lun Shu Ji 唯識二十論述記 — 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 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
- 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