酒仙

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	immortal
trad. (酒仙)		酒	仙
simp. ^#(酒仙)		酒	仙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-sian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒusian
  - Wade–Giles: chiu³-hsien¹
  - Yale: jyǒu-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoushian
  - Palladius: цзюсянь (czjusjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-sian
  - Tâi-lô: tsiú-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciwsiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

酒仙

(figurative) one who loves drinking alcohol
- 酒仙交市隱，女俠是文人。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
  From: 《贈妓》 ("To a Courtesan"), Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), 1800s
  Juseon gyo sieun, yeo hyeop si munin. [Sino-Korean]
  I, the drunkard, have befriended the town's hidden one; you, lady hero, are a woman of letters!

Synonyms

酒鬼 (jiǔguǐ)
酒黏
酒徒 (jiǔtú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (酒仙):

→ Japanese: 酒仙(しゅせん) (shusen)
→ Korean: 주선(酒仙) (juseon)
→ Vietnamese: tửu tiên (酒仙)

References

“酒仙”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酒	仙
しゅ Grade: 3	せん Grade: S

Noun

酒(しゅ)仙(せん) • (shusen)

hermit who enjoys drinking
son of Bacchus