詩仙

See also: 诗仙

Chinese

		poem; poetry; verse	immortal
trad. (詩仙)		詩	仙
simp. (诗仙)		诗	仙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄒㄧㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihsian
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-hsien¹
  - Yale: shr̄-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshian
  - Palladius: шисянь (šisjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

Noun

詩仙

great poet
an epithet of Li Bai

See also

詩聖／诗圣 (shīshèng)
詩鬼／诗鬼 (shīguǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
詩	仙
し Grade: 3	せん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From shi (詩, poetry) + sen (仙 hermit).

Noun

詩(し)仙(せん) • (shisen)

great poet

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.