仙女

Chinese

		immortal	female; woman; daughter
једн. и трад. (仙女)		仙	女

Pronunciation

• Мандарин

  (Pinyin): xiānnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄋㄩˇ

• Кантонски (Jyutping): sin¹ neoi^5-2
• Мин Нан (POJ): sian-lír / sian-lú / sian-lí

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• Мандарин
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiānnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianneu
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiānnǚr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄋㄩˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianneuel
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nyəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Кантонски
  • (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/
• Мин Нан
  • (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

1. (mythology) fairy; celestial maiden

Derived terms

Derived terms from 仙女

• 七仙女
• 九天仙女
• 仙女山 (Xiānnǚshān)
• 仙女座 (Xiānnǚzuò)
• 仙女廟／仙女庙
• 仙童仙女
• 妃祿仙女／妃禄仙女

Proper noun

仙女

1. (～鎮) Xiannü (a town in Zhijiang, Yichang, Hubei, China)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

From Sinitic 仙女.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) せ​んにょ [séꜜǹnyò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • МФА^(кључ): [sẽ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟o̞]

Noun

仙女 (hiragana せんにょ, rōmaji sennyo)

1. a nymph
2. a fay; a fairy or female elf
3. a female sage

Synonyms

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

See also

• 仙女 на the Јапански Википедији.Википедији ^ja

Etymology 2

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

From Sinitic 仙女.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) せ​んじょ [séꜜǹjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • МФА^(кључ): [sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

Noun

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

1. a nymph
2. a fay; a fairy or female elf
3. a female sage