仙丹
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Chinese
| immortal | red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (仙丹) |
仙 | 丹 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sin1 daan1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhen1 an1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-tan
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siandan
- Wade–Giles: hsien1-tan1
- Yale: syān-dān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiandan
- Palladius: сяньдань (sjanʹdanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sin1 daan1
- Yale: sīn dāan
- Cantonese Pinyin: sin1 daan1
- Guangdong Romanization: xin1 dan1
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːn⁵⁵ taːn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhen1 an1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬen³³ an³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
仙丹
- elixir (of life)
- (figurative) a highly effective pill or medicine
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 仙 | 丹 |
| せん Grade: S |
たん Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Noun
- elixir (of life)
References
- Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN