Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiān
English
- Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal
- immortal
- cent
- (money) cent
- betray; lie
- celestial being
- an extraordinary person
- euphemism for death
粵語
- 香港、澳門貨幣單位，十仙等於一毫，一百仙等於一蚊，喺香港一仙紙幣於1995年停止流通
- 欺騙
- 經修煉後擁有超能力、長生不老、超脱塵俗嘅生物
- 比喻一啲超凡不俗嘅人
- 死亡嘅婉稱
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 仙
- 神仙san4 sin1
Daoist immortal
- 仙女sin1 neoi2
fairy
- 仙人sin1 jan4
Daoist immortal
- 仙境sin1 ging2
fairyland
- 水仙seoi2 sin1
daffodil; narcissus
- 八仙baat3 sin1
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
- 大仙daai6 sin1
great immortal
- 手仙sau2 sin1
a game similar to Ouija board in which the spirits of the dead are “summoned” to answer questions through signs [written and colloquial]
- 仙氣sin1 hei3
ethereal quality
- 巴仙baa1 sin1
(Singapore) (loanword) percent
- 仙草sin1 cou2
medicinal herb (genus Mesona)
- 仙股sin1 gu2
penny stocks
- 筆仙bat1 sin1
a form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a sheet of paper and invite a spirit to write answers to their questions
- 仙遊sin1 jau4
see 仙遊縣|仙游县[Xian1 you2 Xian4]
- 仙丹sin1 daan1
elixir
- 碟仙dip6 sin1
form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
- 狐仙wu4 sin1
literally: the fox spirit; someone with stinky armpit [colloquial]
- 仙姑sin1 gu1
female immortal
- 仙人掌sin1 jan4 zoeng2
cactus
- 生神仙saang1 san4 sin1
someone who has a natural gift to be able to predict the future [colloquial]
- 仙女棒sin1 neoi5 paang5
sparkler (handheld firework)
- 神仙肚san4 sin1 tou2
one who does not feel hungry (slang)
- 仙方sin1 fong1
prescription of elixir
- 仙島sin1 dou2
island of the immortals