仙女

Chinese

		immortal	female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad. (仙女)		仙	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ neoi^5-2
Min Nan (POJ): sian-lír / sian-lú / sian-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānnǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianneu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānnǚr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄋㄩˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianneuel
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nyəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: sīn néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ nêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lír
  - Tâi-lô: sian-lír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ lɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lú
  - Tâi-lô: sian-lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienluo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² lu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ lu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-lí
  - Tâi-lô: sian-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienlie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/

Noun

仙女

(mythology) fairy; celestial maiden

Derived terms

七仙女
九天仙女
仙女座 (Xiānnǚzuò)

仙女廟／仙女庙
仙童仙女
妃祿仙女／妃禄仙女

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
仙	女
せん Grade: S	にょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Sinitic 仙女.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) せんにょ [séꜜǹnyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟o̞]

Noun

仙女 (hiragana せんにょ, rōmaji sennyo)

Synonyms

(nymph): ニンフ (ninfu)
(fairy): 妖 (よう)精 (せい) (yōsei)

See also

仙女 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
仙	女
せん Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Sinitic 仙女.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) せんじょ [séꜜǹjò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

Noun

仙女 (hiragana せんじょ, rōmaji senjo, historical hiragana せんぢよ)

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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