天仙

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	immortal
simp. and trad. (天仙)		天	仙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ sin¹
Min Nan (POJ): thian-sian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshian
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ sin¹
  - Yale: tīn sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ xin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-sian
  - Tâi-lô: thian-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiensiefn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ ɕiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

天仙

(Chinese mythology) goddess

美若天仙 ― měiruòtiānxiān ― pretty as a fairy
(figuratively) beautiful young maiden; beauty

Derived terms

天仙子 (tiānxiānzǐ)
天仙聖母／天仙圣母

玉天仙
美若天仙

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