仙丹

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāndān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sin¹ daan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhen¹ an¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siên-tân

  (Hailu, HRS): sien^ˋ dan^ˋ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seng¹ dang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-tan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāndān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siandan
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tan¹
    • Yale: syān-dān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiandan
    • Palladius: сяньдань (sjanʹdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-tân
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˊ dan^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ dan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ tan²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sien^ˋ dan^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /sien⁵³ tan⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seng¹ dang¹ [Phonetic: seng⁵ dang¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seng-dang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ taŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seng¹ dang¹ [Phonetic: seng⁵ dang¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ taŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-tan
    • Tâi-lô: sian-tan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siendafn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ tan³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tan⁴⁴/

Noun

仙丹

1. elixir (of life)
2. (figurative) a highly effective pill or medicine
3. synonym of 仙丹花 (“Ixora chinensis”)

Derived terms

• 美國仙丹 / 美国仙丹 (bí-kok-sian-tan) (Hokkien)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仙丹):

• → Japanese: 仙丹(せんたん) (sentan)
• → Korean: 선단(仙丹) (seondan)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “仙丹”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 474.

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんたん [sèńtáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ntã̠ɴ]

Noun

仙(せん)丹(たん) • (sentan) 

1. elixir (of life)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN