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仙丹

仙丹

Chinese

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

Noun

仙丹

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

Japanese

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

Noun

仙丹 ‎(hiragana せんたん, romaji sentan)

elixir (of life)

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiāndān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ daan¹
Min Nan (POJ): sian-tan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiāndān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiandan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ta̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ daan¹
  - Yale: sīn dāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ daan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ tɑːn⁵⁵/
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/