修仙

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Chinese

to decorate; to embellish; to repair
to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate
 
immortal
trad. (修仙)
simp. #(修仙)

Etymology

“to stay up late”
From a meme that reads 修仙.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (16)
Final () (136) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter sjuw sjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sɨu/ /siᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/siu/ /siɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/siəu/ /sjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/suw/ /sian/
Li
Rong
/siu/ /siɛn/
Wang
Li
/sĭəu/ /sĭɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/si̯ə̯u/ /si̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiū xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sau1 sin1

Verb

修仙

  1. (Taoism) to cultivate oneself to become an immortal
  2. (neologism, slang) to stay up late
    睡覺這麼修仙遲早死掉 [MSC, trad.]
    睡觉这么修仙迟早死掉 [MSC, simp.]
    Hái bù shuìjiào? Nǐ zhème xiūxiān, chízǎo sǐdiào.
    Still not going to bed? Staying up late will make you die sooner or later.