仙丹

Chinese

		immortal	red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
simp. and trad. (仙丹)		仙	丹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāndān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sin¹ daan¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhen¹ an¹
Min Nan (POJ): sian-tan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāndān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siandan
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tan¹
  - Yale: syān-dān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiandan
  - Palladius: сяньдань (sjanʹdanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ tän⁵⁵/
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/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-tan
  - Tâi-lô: sian-tan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siendafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ tan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tan⁴⁴/

Noun

仙丹

elixir (of life)
(figurative) a highly effective pill or medicine

Derived terms

美國仙丹／美国仙丹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仙	丹
せん Grade: S	たん Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

仙(せん)丹(たん) • (sentan)

elixir (of life)

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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